About block 971,228
Bitcoin block 971,228 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 10:03 AM UTC, 18 min 49 s after block 971,227. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,799 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 971,228 is number 1,533 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 483 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,772 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 364 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.