About block 970,706
Bitcoin block 970,706 was mined by SpiderPool on October 10, 2026 at 1:48 AM UTC, 19 min 15 s after block 970,705. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,911 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 970,706 is number 1,011 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,005 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,294 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 886 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.