About block 971,187
Bitcoin block 971,187 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM UTC, 18 min 23 s after block 971,186. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,308 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 971,187 is number 1,492 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 524 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,813 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 405 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.