About block 970,719
Bitcoin block 970,719 was mined by SpiderPool on October 10, 2026 at 4:27 AM UTC, 16 min 54 s after block 970,718. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,227 transactions in 1.48 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 0.0116 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1366 BTC for this block.
Block 970,719 is number 1,024 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,281 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 873 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.