About block 970,919
Bitcoin block 970,919 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM UTC, 15 min 9 s after block 970,918. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,739 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 970,919 is number 1,224 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 792 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,081 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 678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.