About block 971,222
Bitcoin block 971,222 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 9:11 AM UTC, 10 min 30 s after block 971,221. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,974 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 971,222 is number 1,527 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 489 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,778 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 375 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.