About block 971,261
Bitcoin block 971,261 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 3:18 PM UTC, 10 min 7 s after block 971,260. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,553 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 971,261 is number 1,566 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 450 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,739 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 331 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.