About block 970,556
Bitcoin block 970,556 was mined by F2Pool on October 9, 2026 at 12:30 AM UTC, 4 min 13 s after block 970,555. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,068 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0071 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1321 BTC for this block.
Block 970,556 is number 861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,444 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 1,041 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.