About block 970,496
Bitcoin block 970,496 was mined by Binance Pool on October 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM UTC, 12 min 59 s after block 970,495. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,490 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% 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 0.0243 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1493 BTC for this block.
Block 970,496 is number 801 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,215 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,504 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,101 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.