About block 971,119
Bitcoin block 971,119 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM UTC, 24 min 8 s after block 971,118. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,645 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 971,119 is number 1,424 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 592 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,881 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 473 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.