About block 970,544
Bitcoin block 970,544 was mined by F2Pool on October 8, 2026 at 11:40 PM UTC, 40 min 24 s after block 970,543. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,293 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0485 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1735 BTC for this block.
Block 970,544 is number 849 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,167 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,456 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,048 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.