About block 970,172
Bitcoin block 970,172 was mined by F2Pool on October 6, 2026 at 12:40 PM UTC, 26 min 40 s after block 970,171. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,439 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0418 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1668 BTC for this block.
Block 970,172 is number 477 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,539 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,828 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,420 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.