About block 970,783
Bitcoin block 970,783 was mined by SpiderPool on October 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 2 min 35 s after block 970,782. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,172 transactions in 1.44 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 0.0074 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1324 BTC for this block.
Block 970,783 is number 1,088 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 928 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,217 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 809 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.