About block 971,125
Bitcoin block 971,125 was mined by AntPool on October 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM UTC, 16 min 34 s after block 971,124. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,735 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0439 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1689 BTC for this block.
Block 971,125 is number 1,430 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 586 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,875 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.