About block 969,843
Bitcoin block 969,843 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2026 at 12:38 PM UTC, 3 min 0 s after block 969,842. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,577 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 969,843 is number 148 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,868 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,157 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 1,749 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.