About block 969,247
Bitcoin block 969,247 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 3:37 AM UTC, 6 min 15 s after block 969,246. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,350 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0109 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1359 BTC for this block.
Block 969,247 is number 1,568 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 448 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,753 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 2,345 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.