About block 969,330
Bitcoin block 969,330 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 5:59 PM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 969,329. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,033 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0292 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1542 BTC for this block.
Block 969,330 is number 1,651 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 365 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,670 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,267 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.