About block 970,471
Bitcoin block 970,471 was mined by Unknown on October 8, 2026 at 9:26 AM UTC, 28 min 43 s after block 970,470. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,348 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0386 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1636 BTC for this block.
Block 970,471 is number 776 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,240 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,529 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. Unknown found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,126 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.