About block 970,976
Bitcoin block 970,976 was mined by SpiderPool on October 11, 2026 at 7:58 PM UTC, 3 min 15 s after block 970,975. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,846 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0119 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1369 BTC for this block.
Block 970,976 is number 1,281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,024 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 616 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.