About block 969,139
Bitcoin block 969,139 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC, 19 min 36 s after block 969,138. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,121 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0356 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1606 BTC for this block.
Block 969,139 is number 1,460 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 556 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,861 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. SpiderPool found 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,474 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.