About block 970,637
Bitcoin block 970,637 was mined by F2Pool on October 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 970,636. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,988 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% 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, F2Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 970,637 is number 942 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,074 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,363 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 960 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.