⚡ Block #970,630
⚡ Block #970630 joins the chain
17/ 100
October 9, 2026 at 12:54 PM UTC
Block 970630 added 3,756 transactions to the chain. Our analysis scored it 17/100.
- 3,756 transactions
- Block size: 1.61 MB
- Interesting score: 17/100
Coinbase message
left by the miner
Ï7äÈjSpiderPool/761/Vs½>çÈjUUUUUU
The coinbase is the first transaction in a block — miners can embed a short message in it.
Block details
from mempool.space
- Mining pool
- SpiderPool
- Transactions
- 3,756
- Total fees
- 0.021 BTC
- Subsidy
- 3.125 BTC
- Median fee
- 1 sat/vB
- Block size
- 1.61 MB
Why our analysis flagged it
score 17/100
- Unusually low fees: 0.021 BTC+12
- Busy block: 3,756 transactions+8
- Block mined right up to the weight limit+8
Scores are computed from on-chain facts (a deterministic heuristic), then a story is written for blocks that clear our curation threshold.
This day in Bitcoin history
reward era 5
This block sits 130,630 blocks after the 4th halving and 79,370 blocks before the 5th — Bitcoin’s 5th reward era.
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- 2016-07-092nd halving10y before this block
- 2017-12-172017 ATH (~$19.5k)9y before this block
- 2020-05-113rd halving6y before this block
- 2021-11-102021 ATH (~$69k)5y before this block
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- 2024-04-194th halving2y before this block