About block 970,657
Bitcoin block 970,657 was mined by SpiderPool on October 9, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 20 min 44 s after block 970,656. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,916 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0308 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1558 BTC for this block.
Block 970,657 is number 962 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,054 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,343 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 935 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.