About block 970,510
Bitcoin block 970,510 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM UTC, 12 min 8 s after block 970,509. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,223 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 970,510 is number 815 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,201 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,490 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 1,087 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.