About block 970,996
Bitcoin block 970,996 was mined by SpiderPool on October 11, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC, 11 min 10 s after block 970,995. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,154 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 970,996 is number 1,301 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 715 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,004 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 601 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.