About block 970,747
Bitcoin block 970,747 was mined by Poolin on October 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM UTC, 22 min 35 s after block 970,746. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,653 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 970,747 is number 1,052 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,253 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. Poolin found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 845 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.