About block 970,989
Bitcoin block 970,989 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM UTC, 1 min 52 s after block 970,988. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,840 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0077 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1327 BTC for this block.
Block 970,989 is number 1,294 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 722 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,011 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 603 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.