About block 971,270
Bitcoin block 971,270 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 4:07 PM UTC, 7 min 18 s after block 971,269. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,711 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% 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 0.0173 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1423 BTC for this block.
Block 971,270 is number 1,575 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 441 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,730 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 322 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.