About block 971,232
Bitcoin block 971,232 was mined by ViaBTC on October 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM UTC, 16 min 20 s after block 971,231. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,218 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0291 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1541 BTC for this block.
Block 971,232 is number 1,537 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 479 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,768 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 365 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.