About block 970,846
Bitcoin block 970,846 was mined by F2Pool on October 10, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 970,845. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,013 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0129 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1379 BTC for this block.
Block 970,846 is number 1,151 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 865 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,154 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 751 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.