About block 971,932
Bitcoin block 971,932 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC, 24 min 48 s after block 971,931. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,685 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.95 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0241 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1491 BTC for this block.
Block 971,932 is number 221 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,795 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,068 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.