About block 970,759
Bitcoin block 970,759 was mined by SECPOOL on October 10, 2026 at 12:03 PM UTC, 45 seconds after block 970,758. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,926 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 970,759 is number 1,064 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 952 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,241 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 23 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 833 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.