About block 970,215
Bitcoin block 970,215 was mined by F2Pool on October 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM UTC, 14 min 14 s after block 970,214. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,900 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 970,215 is number 520 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,496 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,785 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,382 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.