About block 970,342
Bitcoin block 970,342 was mined by SpiderPool on October 7, 2026 at 12:50 PM UTC, 9 min 6 s after block 970,341. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,760 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 970,342 is number 647 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,369 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,658 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 1,250 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.