About block 970,577
Bitcoin block 970,577 was mined by OCEAN on October 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM UTC, 13 min 56 s after block 970,576. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,876 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.6% 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 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 970,577 is number 882 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,134 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,423 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,020 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.