About block 970,755
Bitcoin block 970,755 was mined by ViaBTC on October 10, 2026 at 11:06 AM UTC, 10 min 26 s after block 970,754. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,155 transactions in 1.69 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 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 970,755 is number 1,060 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 956 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,245 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.