About block 970,754
Bitcoin block 970,754 was mined by NiceHash on October 10, 2026 at 10:55 AM UTC, 2 min 20 s after block 970,753. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,576 transactions in 1.49 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 0.0106 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1356 BTC for this block.
Block 970,754 is number 1,059 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,246 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. NiceHash found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.