About block 970,704
Bitcoin block 970,704 was mined by F2Pool on October 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM UTC, 3 min 25 s after block 970,703. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,612 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 970,704 is number 1,009 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,007 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,296 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 888 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.