About block 970,717
Bitcoin block 970,717 was mined by ViaBTC on October 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM UTC, 21 min 40 s after block 970,716. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,524 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 970,717 is number 1,022 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,283 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 875 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.