About block 970,869
Bitcoin block 970,869 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM UTC, 2 min 49 s after block 970,868. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,181 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0043 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1293 BTC for this block.
Block 970,869 is number 1,174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,131 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 728 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.