About block 970,808
Bitcoin block 970,808 was mined by SECPOOL on October 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM UTC, 6 min 34 s after block 970,807. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,626 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 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 970,808 is number 1,113 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 903 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,192 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 784 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.