About block 971,434
Bitcoin block 971,434 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM UTC, 1 min 19 s after block 971,433. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,100 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 971,434 is number 1,739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,566 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 158 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.