About block 969,981
Bitcoin block 969,981 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 7:59 AM UTC, 6 min 51 s after block 969,980. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,662 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0117 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1367 BTC for this block.
Block 969,981 is number 286 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,730 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,019 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 1,611 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.