About block 970,255
Bitcoin block 970,255 was mined by SpiderPool on October 6, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC, 6 min 35 s after block 970,254. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,862 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 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 970,255 is number 560 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,456 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,745 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 1,337 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.