About block 970,444
Bitcoin block 970,444 was mined by BTC.com on October 8, 2026 at 5:20 AM UTC, 29 min 7 s after block 970,443. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,334 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 970,444 is number 749 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,267 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,556 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,153 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.