About block 970,012
Bitcoin block 970,012 was mined by SpiderPool on October 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC, 2 min 16 s after block 970,011. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,639 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 970,012 is number 317 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,699 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,988 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 1,585 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.