About block 970,437
Bitcoin block 970,437 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 4:24 AM UTC, 13 min 18 s after block 970,436. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,246 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 970,437 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,563 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,160 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.