About block 970,489
Bitcoin block 970,489 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 12:34 PM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 970,488. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,354 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 970,489 is number 794 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,222 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,511 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 1,103 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.