About block 971,267
Bitcoin block 971,267 was mined by BTC.com on October 13, 2026 at 3:52 PM UTC, 15 min 4 s after block 971,266. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,466 transactions in 1.03 MB (63.4% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0154 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1404 BTC for this block.
Block 971,267 is number 1,572 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 444 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,733 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 325 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.