About block 971,680
Bitcoin block 971,680 was mined by SpiderPool on October 16, 2026 at 6:52 AM UTC, 25 min 12 s after block 971,679. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,259 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 1.07 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 971,680 is number 1,985 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 31 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,320 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.