About block 971,253
Bitcoin block 971,253 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 10 min 4 s after block 971,252. 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 1.62 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 0.0200 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1450 BTC for this block.
Block 971,253 is number 1,558 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 458 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,747 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.