About block 971,006
Bitcoin block 971,006 was mined by SECPOOL on October 12, 2026 at 12:04 AM UTC, 11 min 47 s after block 971,005. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,387 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0223 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1473 BTC for this block.
Block 971,006 is number 1,311 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 705 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,994 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 586 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.