About block 971,050
Bitcoin block 971,050 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 5:40 AM UTC, 20 min 47 s after block 971,049. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,951 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 971,050 is number 1,355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,950 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 547 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.