About block 971,197
Bitcoin block 971,197 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 971,196. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,902 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0079 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1329 BTC for this block.
Block 971,197 is number 1,502 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 514 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,803 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 400 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.