About block 971,030
Bitcoin block 971,030 was mined by SpiderPool on October 12, 2026 at 3:13 AM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 971,029. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,865 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 971,030 is number 1,335 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 681 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,970 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 567 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.