About block 971,031
Bitcoin block 971,031 was mined by F2Pool on October 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM UTC, 2 min 15 s after block 971,030. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,340 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 971,031 is number 1,336 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 680 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,969 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 561 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.