About block 971,128
Bitcoin block 971,128 was mined by SpiderPool on October 12, 2026 at 7:13 PM UTC, 20 min 59 s after block 971,127. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,298 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0404 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1654 BTC for this block.
Block 971,128 is number 1,433 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 583 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,872 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 469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.