About block 971,021
Bitcoin block 971,021 was mined by SECPOOL on October 12, 2026 at 1:43 AM UTC, 14 min 42 s after block 971,020. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,936 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 971,021 is number 1,326 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 690 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,979 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 571 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.