About block 970,908
Bitcoin block 970,908 was mined by SECPOOL on October 11, 2026 at 10:21 AM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 970,907. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,528 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 970,908 is number 1,213 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 803 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,092 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.