About block 969,360
Bitcoin block 969,360 was mined by SpiderPool on September 30, 2026 at 11:04 PM UTC, 6 min 20 s after block 969,359. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,110 transactions in 1.46 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 0.0220 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1470 BTC for this block.
Block 969,360 is number 1,681 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 335 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,640 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 2,237 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.