About block 970,474
Bitcoin block 970,474 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 970,473. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,067 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0194 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1444 BTC for this block.
Block 970,474 is number 779 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,237 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,526 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,118 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.