About block 971,885
Bitcoin block 971,885 was mined by SpiderPool on October 17, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 971,884. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,396 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.07 sat/vB, down from 2.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0148 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1398 BTC for this block.
Block 971,885 is number 174 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,842 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,115 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.