About block 969,726
Bitcoin block 969,726 was mined by SpiderPool on October 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC, 23 min 29 s after block 969,725. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,811 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 969,726 is number 31 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,985 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,274 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 1,866 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.