About block 970,728
Bitcoin block 970,728 was mined by SECPOOL on October 10, 2026 at 5:25 AM UTC, 11 min 48 s after block 970,727. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,500 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 970,728 is number 1,033 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 983 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,272 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 869 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.