About block 970,853
Bitcoin block 970,853 was mined by Foundry USA on October 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM UTC, 34 min 31 s after block 970,852. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,381 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0320 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1570 BTC for this block.
Block 970,853 is number 1,158 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 858 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,147 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. Foundry USA found 258 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 744 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.