About block 971,234
Bitcoin block 971,234 was mined by SECPOOL on October 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 7 min 13 s after block 971,233. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,308 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 971,234 is number 1,539 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 477 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,766 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 358 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.