About block 970,431
Bitcoin block 970,431 was mined by SECPOOL on October 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM UTC, 25 min 6 s after block 970,430. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,506 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0242 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1492 BTC for this block.
Block 970,431 is number 736 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,280 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,569 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,161 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.