About block 970,692
Bitcoin block 970,692 was mined by SECPOOL on October 9, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC, 18 min 19 s after block 970,691. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,302 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0261 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1511 BTC for this block.
Block 970,692 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,308 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 900 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.