About block 971,084
Bitcoin block 971,084 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC, 10 min 49 s after block 971,083. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,635 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 971,084 is number 1,389 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 627 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,916 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 513 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.