About block 970,952
Bitcoin block 970,952 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 3:53 PM UTC, 3 min 53 s after block 970,951. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,221 transactions in 1.44 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 970,952 is number 1,257 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 759 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,048 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 640 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.