About block 971,204
Bitcoin block 971,204 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 6:56 AM UTC, 17 min 58 s after block 971,203. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,274 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 971,204 is number 1,509 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 507 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,796 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 393 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.