About block 969,158
Bitcoin block 969,158 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2026 at 1:29 PM UTC, 14 min 8 s after block 969,157. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,772 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0286 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1536 BTC for this block.
Block 969,158 is number 1,479 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 537 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,842 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,442 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.