About block 971,399
Bitcoin block 971,399 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM UTC, 2 min 42 s after block 971,398. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,222 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 971,399 is number 1,704 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 312 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,601 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 193 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.