About block 970,452
Bitcoin block 970,452 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 7:01 AM UTC, 38 min 19 s after block 970,451. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,132 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0427 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1677 BTC for this block.
Block 970,452 is number 757 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,259 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,548 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,145 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.