About block 970,244
Bitcoin block 970,244 was mined by ViaBTC on October 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM UTC, 12 min 57 s after block 970,243. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,051 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0160 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1410 BTC for this block.
Block 970,244 is number 549 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,467 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,756 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,348 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.