About block 970,252
Bitcoin block 970,252 was mined by F2Pool on October 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM UTC, 6 min 49 s after block 970,251. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,758 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% 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 0.0101 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1351 BTC for this block.
Block 970,252 is number 557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,748 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,340 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.