About block 970,944
Bitcoin block 970,944 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM UTC, 1 min 34 s after block 970,943. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,086 transactions in 1.43 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 970,944 is number 1,249 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 767 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,056 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 648 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.