About block 970,254
Bitcoin block 970,254 was mined by SECPOOL on October 6, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC, 11 min 48 s after block 970,253. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,566 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 970,254 is number 559 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,457 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,746 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,343 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.