About block 970,992
Bitcoin block 970,992 was mined by F2Pool on October 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM UTC, 7 min 20 s after block 970,991. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,368 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 970,992 is number 1,297 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 719 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,008 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 600 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.