About block 971,966
Bitcoin block 971,966 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 9:17 AM UTC, 10 min 49 s after block 971,965. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,052 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.36 sat/vB, up from 0.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 971,966 is number 255 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,761 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,034 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.