About block 970,854
Bitcoin block 970,854 was mined by WhitePool on October 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM UTC, 15 min 40 s after block 970,853. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,782 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0272 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1522 BTC for this block.
Block 970,854 is number 1,159 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 857 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,146 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 738 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.