About block 970,696
Bitcoin block 970,696 was mined by Foundry USA on October 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC, 14 min 40 s after block 970,695. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,346 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 970,696 is number 1,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,015 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,304 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. Foundry USA found 257 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.