About block 971,136
Bitcoin block 971,136 was mined by ViaBTC on October 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM UTC, 15 min 6 s after block 971,135. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,331 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 971,136 is number 1,441 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 575 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,864 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 456 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.