About block 970,306
Bitcoin block 970,306 was mined by BTC.com on October 7, 2026 at 7:26 AM UTC, 27 min 12 s after block 970,305. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,235 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 970,306 is number 611 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,405 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,694 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.