About block 970,972
Bitcoin block 970,972 was mined by SpiderPool on October 11, 2026 at 7:23 PM UTC, 27 min 21 s after block 970,971. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,121 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 970,972 is number 1,277 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 739 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,028 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 620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.