About block 971,060
Bitcoin block 971,060 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTC, 39 min 12 s after block 971,059. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,814 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0408 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1658 BTC for this block.
Block 971,060 is number 1,365 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 651 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,940 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 532 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.