About block 970,156
Bitcoin block 970,156 was mined by NiceHash on October 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 970,155. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,665 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 970,156 is number 461 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,555 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,844 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. NiceHash found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.