About block 971,001
Bitcoin block 971,001 was mined by ViaBTC on October 11, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC, 31 min 41 s after block 971,000. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,506 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0508 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1758 BTC for this block.
Block 971,001 is number 1,306 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 710 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,999 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.