About block 970,423
Bitcoin block 970,423 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 2:00 AM UTC, 12 min 54 s after block 970,422. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,361 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 970,423 is number 728 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,288 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,577 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,169 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.