About block 971,436
Bitcoin block 971,436 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2026 at 4:51 PM UTC, 10 min 54 s after block 971,435. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,509 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 971,436 is number 1,741 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 275 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,564 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 156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.