About block 970,993
Bitcoin block 970,993 was mined by SECPOOL on October 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM UTC, 1 min 41 s after block 970,992. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,284 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 970,993 is number 1,298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,007 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 599 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.