About block 970,512
Bitcoin block 970,512 was mined by SECPOOL on October 8, 2026 at 4:49 PM UTC, 16 min 58 s after block 970,511. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,278 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0482 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1732 BTC for this block.
Block 970,512 is number 817 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,199 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,488 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,085 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.