About block 970,494
Bitcoin block 970,494 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM UTC, 1 min 45 s after block 970,493. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,684 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 970,494 is number 799 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,217 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,506 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 1,098 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.