About block 971,088
Bitcoin block 971,088 was mined by SpiderPool on October 12, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 2 min 59 s after block 971,087. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,971 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0093 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1343 BTC for this block.
Block 971,088 is number 1,393 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 623 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,912 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 504 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.