About block 969,858
Bitcoin block 969,858 was mined by SpiderPool on October 4, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 24 min 46 s after block 969,857. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,164 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 969,858 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,142 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.