About block 970,643
Bitcoin block 970,643 was mined by SpiderPool on October 9, 2026 at 2:21 PM UTC, 20 min 28 s after block 970,642. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,372 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0290 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1540 BTC for this block.
Block 970,643 is number 948 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,068 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,357 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 949 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.