About block 971,991
Bitcoin block 971,991 was mined by SpiderPool on October 18, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC, 2 min 35 s after block 971,990. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,538 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.26 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0045 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1295 BTC for this block.
Block 971,991 is number 280 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,736 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,009 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 5 confirmations.