About block 970,686
Bitcoin block 970,686 was mined by ViaBTC on October 9, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC, 13 min 31 s after block 970,685. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,497 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% 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 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 970,686 is number 991 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,025 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,314 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 906 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.