About block 969,230
Bitcoin block 969,230 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 12:22 AM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 969,229. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,160 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 969,230 is number 1,551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,770 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,362 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.