About block 971,629
Bitcoin block 971,629 was mined by SpiderPool on October 15, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC, 31 min 12 s after block 971,628. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,075 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.21 sat/vB, up from 1.37 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0448 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1698 BTC for this block.
Block 971,629 is number 1,934 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 82 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,371 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 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.