About block 971,970
Bitcoin block 971,970 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 9:48 AM UTC, 9 min 10 s after block 971,969. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,987 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.31 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0054 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1304 BTC for this block.
Block 971,970 is number 259 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,757 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,030 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.