About block 971,109
Bitcoin block 971,109 was mined by ViaBTC on October 12, 2026 at 3:10 PM UTC, 10 min 36 s after block 971,108. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,512 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0274 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1524 BTC for this block.
Block 971,109 is number 1,414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,891 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 488 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.