About block 971,223
Bitcoin block 971,223 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 9:24 AM UTC, 12 min 25 s after block 971,222. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,298 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 971,223 is number 1,528 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 488 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,777 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 369 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.