About block 970,441
Bitcoin block 970,441 was mined by SECPOOL on October 8, 2026 at 4:47 AM UTC, 5 min 39 s after block 970,440. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,120 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 970,441 is number 746 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,270 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,559 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,151 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.