About block 970,383
Bitcoin block 970,383 was mined by ViaBTC on October 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM UTC, 7 min 21 s after block 970,382. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,407 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 970,383 is number 688 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,328 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,617 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,214 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.