About block 971,851
Bitcoin block 971,851 was mined by SpiderPool on October 17, 2026 at 11:39 AM UTC, 6 min 21 s after block 971,850. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,237 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.30 sat/vB, up from 0.27 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 971,851 is number 140 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,876 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,149 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.