About block 971,165
Bitcoin block 971,165 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2026 at 12:39 AM UTC, 4 min 38 s after block 971,164. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,034 transactions in 1.55 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 0.0042 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1292 BTC for this block.
Block 971,165 is number 1,470 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 546 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,835 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 427 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.