About block 971,098
Bitcoin block 971,098 was mined by Binance Pool on October 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM UTC, 40 min 1 s after block 971,097. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,313 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0778 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.2028 BTC for this block.
Block 971,098 is number 1,403 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 613 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,902 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 499 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.