About block 971,767
Bitcoin block 971,767 was mined by SpiderPool on October 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM UTC, 14 min 47 s after block 971,766. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,639 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 971,767 is number 56 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,960 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,233 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.