About block 970,492
Bitcoin block 970,492 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 24 min 7 s after block 970,491. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,032 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0389 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1639 BTC for this block.
Block 970,492 is number 797 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,219 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,508 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,105 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.