About block 969,983
Bitcoin block 969,983 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 8:38 AM UTC, 27 min 45 s after block 969,982. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,102 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0340 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1590 BTC for this block.
Block 969,983 is number 288 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,728 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,017 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 1,609 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.