About block 971,541
Bitcoin block 971,541 was mined by SpiderPool on October 15, 2026 at 8:53 AM UTC, 16 min 18 s after block 971,540. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,297 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0330 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1580 BTC for this block.
Block 971,541 is number 1,846 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 170 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,459 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 51 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.