About block 970,587
Bitcoin block 970,587 was mined by SpiderPool on October 9, 2026 at 5:03 AM UTC, 9 min 14 s after block 970,586. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,504 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 970,587 is number 892 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,124 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,413 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 1,005 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.