About block 970,988
Bitcoin block 970,988 was mined by SpiderPool on October 11, 2026 at 10:16 PM UTC, 14 min 33 s after block 970,987. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,016 transactions in 1.75 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 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 970,988 is number 1,293 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 723 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,012 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 604 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.