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Block height, hashrate, difficulty, fees and the halving countdown, pulled from public node APIs.

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◉Bitcoin nodes online25,799countries, Core vs Knots, run your own →October 2026 so far-2.75% · $81,266avg +18.18% · median +12.77% since 2013 · returns heatmap →
Bitcoin price
$81,266
−3.66% 24h · 1,231 sats per $1
Coinbase · 22 Oct 2026 19:59 BST · refreshes every 30 s
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Block height
972,645
127 blocks in 24h · mempool.space
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Hashrate
1,035 EH/s
mempool.space (3-day avg)
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Difficulty
140.58 T
140,577,680,051,920
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Average block time
9.67 min
mempool.space (this epoch)
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Next difficulty adjustment
+3.52%(estimated)
#973,728 · 1,083 blocks left · ~30 Oct 2026 · previous +5.92%
mempool.space · details & history →
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Fee rates (sat/vB)
1
Next block
1
~30 min
1
~1 hour
1
Economy
Mempool (waiting transactions): 56,727 transactions · 25.9 MvB
mempool.space
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Halving countdown · #1,050,000
77,355 blocks left
~12 Apr 2028 (estimate at 10 min per block)
Block reward: 3.125 → 1.5625 BTC
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Hashrate, last 12 months (EH/s): daily estimate and 7-day average
70090011001300OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
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Hashrate is the total computing power securing Bitcoin. Difficulty adjusts every 2,016 blocks (about two weeks) so that blocks keep coming roughly every 10 minutes. Fees are what you pay per byte to get a transaction into a block; they rise when the mempool is crowded.

Updated: 22 Oct 2026 20:00 BST · refreshes every minute