About block 970,978
Bitcoin block 970,978 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTC, 17 min 31 s after block 970,977. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,528 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0298 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1548 BTC for this block.
Block 970,978 is number 1,283 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 733 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,022 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 619 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.