About block 970,239
Bitcoin block 970,239 was mined by Binance Pool on October 6, 2026 at 9:55 PM UTC, 5 min 46 s after block 970,238. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,057 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 970,239 is number 544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,761 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,353 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.