About block 970,537
Bitcoin block 970,537 was mined by ViaBTC on October 8, 2026 at 10:00 PM UTC, 12 min 6 s after block 970,536. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,148 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 970,537 is number 842 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,174 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,463 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,055 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.