About block 969,173
Bitcoin block 969,173 was mined by SpiderPool on September 29, 2026 at 3:18 PM UTC, 3 min 44 s after block 969,172. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,983 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 969,173 is number 1,494 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 522 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,827 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,424 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.