About block 969,608
Bitcoin block 969,608 was mined by SpiderPool on October 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM UTC, 19 min 46 s after block 969,607. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,389 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0428 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1678 BTC for this block.
Block 969,608 is number 1,929 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 87 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,392 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 1,989 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.