About block 970,804
Bitcoin block 970,804 was mined by ViaBTC on October 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM UTC, 14 min 14 s after block 970,803. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,564 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 970,804 is number 1,109 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 907 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,196 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 788 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.