About block 970,779
Bitcoin block 970,779 was mined by SpiderPool on October 10, 2026 at 2:58 PM UTC, 23 min 59 s after block 970,778. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,211 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0373 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1623 BTC for this block.
Block 970,779 is number 1,084 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 932 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,221 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 813 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.