About block 971,454
Bitcoin block 971,454 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC, 11 min 50 s after block 971,453. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,942 transactions in 1.78 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0326 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1576 BTC for this block.
Block 971,454 is number 1,759 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 257 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,546 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 138 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.