About block 969,580
Bitcoin block 969,580 was mined by SpiderPool on October 2, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 16 min 10 s after block 969,579. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,029 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0288 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1538 BTC for this block.
Block 969,580 is number 1,901 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 115 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,420 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 2,012 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.