About block 970,550
Bitcoin block 970,550 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC, 9 min 49 s after block 970,549. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,589 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 970,550 is number 855 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,161 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,450 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,047 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.