About block 971,463
Bitcoin block 971,463 was mined by SpiderPool on October 14, 2026 at 8:39 PM UTC, 3 min 34 s after block 971,462. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,550 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 971,463 is number 1,768 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 248 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,537 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 134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.