About block 971,251
Bitcoin block 971,251 was mined by ViaBTC on October 13, 2026 at 1:48 PM UTC, 14 min 17 s after block 971,250. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,339 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 0.0309 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1559 BTC for this block.
Block 971,251 is number 1,556 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 460 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,749 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 346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.