About block 969,417
Bitcoin block 969,417 was mined by SpiderPool on October 1, 2026 at 7:56 AM UTC, 17 min 10 s after block 969,416. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,039 transactions in 1.62 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 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 969,417 is number 1,738 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 278 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,583 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 2,175 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.