About block 971,230
Bitcoin block 971,230 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2026 at 10:37 AM UTC, 15 min 58 s after block 971,229. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,078 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 971,230 is number 1,535 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 481 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,770 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 367 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.