About block 969,306
Bitcoin block 969,306 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 1:38 PM UTC, 27 min 50 s after block 969,305. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,163 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0540 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1790 BTC for this block.
Block 969,306 is number 1,627 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 389 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,694 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 2,291 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.