About block 970,378
Bitcoin block 970,378 was mined by OCEAN on October 7, 2026 at 6:51 PM UTC, 21 min 39 s after block 970,377. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,142 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.6% 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 0.0530 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1780 BTC for this block.
Block 970,378 is number 683 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,333 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,622 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,214 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.