About block 970,949
Bitcoin block 970,949 was mined by SECPOOL on October 11, 2026 at 3:30 PM UTC, 14 seconds after block 970,948. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,394 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0069 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1319 BTC for this block.
Block 970,949 is number 1,254 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 762 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,051 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.