About block 971,164
Bitcoin block 971,164 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 12:34 AM UTC, 9 min 42 s after block 971,163. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,048 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 971,164 is number 1,469 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 547 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,836 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 433 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.