About block 970,967
Bitcoin block 970,967 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM UTC, 6 min 48 s after block 970,966. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,862 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 970,967 is number 1,272 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 744 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,033 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 630 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.