About block 971,257
Bitcoin block 971,257 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2026 at 2:41 PM UTC, 12 min 26 s after block 971,256. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,025 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0187 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1437 BTC for this block.
Block 971,257 is number 1,562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,743 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 335 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.