About block 970,673
Bitcoin block 970,673 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM UTC, 31 min 58 s after block 970,672. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,202 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0616 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1866 BTC for this block.
Block 970,673 is number 978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,038 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,327 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 919 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.