About block 970,697
Bitcoin block 970,697 was mined by WhitePool on October 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC, 24 min 17 s after block 970,696. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,317 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% 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 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 970,697 is number 1,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,303 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 895 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.