About block 971,162
Bitcoin block 971,162 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 12:26 AM UTC, 12 min 14 s after block 971,161. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,687 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 971,162 is number 1,467 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 549 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,838 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.