About block 970,817
Bitcoin block 970,817 was mined by ViaBTC on October 10, 2026 at 7:56 PM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 970,816. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,923 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 970,817 is number 1,122 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 894 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,183 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 775 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.