About block 970,248
Bitcoin block 970,248 was mined by SECPOOL on October 6, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC, 23 min 36 s after block 970,247. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,412 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 970,248 is number 553 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,463 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,752 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.