About block 969,229
Bitcoin block 969,229 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 12:16 AM UTC, 19 min 35 s after block 969,228. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,264 transactions in 1.51 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 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 969,229 is number 1,550 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 466 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,771 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,363 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.