About block 971,808
Bitcoin block 971,808 was mined by SpiderPool on October 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM UTC, 2 min 33 s after block 971,807. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,425 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.30 sat/vB, down from 0.37 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0050 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1300 BTC for this block.
Block 971,808 is number 97 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,919 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,192 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.