About block 970,497
Bitcoin block 970,497 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 970,496. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,277 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 970,497 is number 802 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,214 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,503 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,100 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.