About block 971,116
Bitcoin block 971,116 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 4:35 PM UTC, 14 min 6 s after block 971,115. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,694 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 971,116 is number 1,421 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 595 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,884 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 476 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.