About block 971,035
Bitcoin block 971,035 was mined by SECPOOL on October 12, 2026 at 3:46 AM UTC, 10 min 49 s after block 971,034. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,867 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0108 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1358 BTC for this block.
Block 971,035 is number 1,340 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 676 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,965 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 557 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.