About block 969,461
Bitcoin block 969,461 was mined by SpiderPool on October 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM UTC, 1 min 15 s after block 969,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,834 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 969,461 is number 1,782 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 234 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,539 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 2,136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.