About block 970,798
Bitcoin block 970,798 was mined by OCEAN on October 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 970,797. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,683 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% 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 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 970,798 is number 1,103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,202 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 794 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.