About block 971,847
Bitcoin block 971,847 was mined by SpiderPool on October 17, 2026 at 11:26 AM UTC, 9 min 1 s after block 971,846. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,611 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.07 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0132 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1382 BTC for this block.
Block 971,847 is number 136 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,880 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,153 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.