About block 970,426
Bitcoin block 970,426 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC, 30 min 58 s after block 970,425. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,088 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 970,426 is number 731 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,285 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,574 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,166 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.