About block 969,974
Bitcoin block 969,974 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 7:03 AM UTC, 12 min 56 s after block 969,973. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,078 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 969,974 is number 279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,026 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 1,618 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.