About block 970,941
Bitcoin block 970,941 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 1 min 51 s after block 970,940. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,712 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 970,941 is number 1,246 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 770 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,059 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 651 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.