About block 969,965
Bitcoin block 969,965 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 6:09 AM UTC, 6 min 5 s after block 969,964. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,742 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0070 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1320 BTC for this block.
Block 969,965 is number 270 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,746 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,035 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 1,627 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.