About block 969,130
Bitcoin block 969,130 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM UTC, 15 min 51 s after block 969,129. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,731 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 969,130 is number 1,451 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 565 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,870 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,483 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.