About block 970,629
Bitcoin block 970,629 was mined by SpiderPool on October 9, 2026 at 12:49 PM UTC, 28 min 35 s after block 970,628. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,018 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0362 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1612 BTC for this block.
Block 970,629 is number 934 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,082 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,371 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 968 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.