About block 970,198
Bitcoin block 970,198 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM UTC, 10 min 10 s after block 970,197. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,029 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0190 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1440 BTC for this block.
Block 970,198 is number 503 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,513 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,802 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,394 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.