About block 971,168
Bitcoin block 971,168 was mined by Binance Pool on October 13, 2026 at 1:49 AM UTC, 31 min 55 s after block 971,167. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,747 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 971,168 is number 1,473 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 543 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,832 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. Binance Pool found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 424 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.