About block 970,882
Bitcoin block 970,882 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM UTC, 18 min 20 s after block 970,881. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,798 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 970,882 is number 1,187 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 829 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,118 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 710 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.