About block 970,881
Bitcoin block 970,881 was mined by Unknown on October 11, 2026 at 6:22 AM UTC, 8 min 27 s after block 970,880. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,703 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 970,881 is number 1,186 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 830 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,119 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. Unknown found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 711 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.