About block 970,498
Bitcoin block 970,498 was mined by SpiderPool on October 8, 2026 at 1:55 PM UTC, 10 min 53 s after block 970,497. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,361 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 970,498 is number 803 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,213 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,502 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 1,099 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.