About block 971,249
Bitcoin block 971,249 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 1:21 PM UTC, 9 min 19 s after block 971,248. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,530 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0139 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1389 BTC for this block.
Block 971,249 is number 1,554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,751 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 343 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.