About block 970,488
Bitcoin block 970,488 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 12:24 PM UTC, 51 min 20 s after block 970,487. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,208 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0571 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1821 BTC for this block.
Block 970,488 is number 793 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,223 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,512 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,104 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.