About block 970,656
Bitcoin block 970,656 was mined by OCEAN on October 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM UTC, 12 min 36 s after block 970,655. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,819 transactions in 1.58 MB (96.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 970,656 is number 961 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,055 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,344 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 936 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.