About block 971,277
Bitcoin block 971,277 was mined by SpiderPool on October 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM UTC, 32 min 51 s after block 971,276. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,166 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0514 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1764 BTC for this block.
Block 971,277 is number 1,582 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 434 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,723 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 320 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.