About block 971,258
Bitcoin block 971,258 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 2:50 PM UTC, 8 min 55 s after block 971,257. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,550 transactions in 1.53 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 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 971,258 is number 1,563 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 453 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,742 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 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 334 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.