About block 970,298
Bitcoin block 970,298 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2026 at 5:53 AM UTC, 11 min 57 s after block 970,297. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,791 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 970,298 is number 603 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,413 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,702 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,299 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.