About block 970,900
Bitcoin block 970,900 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM UTC, 11 min 49 s after block 970,899. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,311 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 970,900 is number 1,205 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 811 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,100 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 697 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.