About block 971,123
Bitcoin block 971,123 was mined by Binance Pool on October 12, 2026 at 5:52 PM UTC, 4 min 7 s after block 971,122. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,897 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0277 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1527 BTC for this block.
Block 971,123 is number 1,428 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 588 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,877 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 469 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.