About block 970,604
Bitcoin block 970,604 was mined by SpiderPool on October 9, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 9 min 45 s after block 970,603. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,955 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 970,604 is number 909 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,107 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,396 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 988 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.