About block 970,709
Bitcoin block 970,709 was mined by SpiderPool on October 10, 2026 at 2:25 AM UTC, 4 min 42 s after block 970,708. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,380 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0055 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1305 BTC for this block.
Block 970,709 is number 1,014 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,002 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,291 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 883 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.