About block 971,705
Bitcoin block 971,705 was mined by SpiderPool on October 16, 2026 at 11:49 AM UTC, 21 min 56 s after block 971,704. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,518 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.28 sat/vB, up from 0.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0236 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1486 BTC for this block.
Block 971,705 is number 2,010 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 6 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,295 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.