About block 969,954
Bitcoin block 969,954 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 4:29 AM UTC, 16 min 42 s after block 969,953. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,436 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 969,954 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,046 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,643 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.