About block 971,284
Bitcoin block 971,284 was mined by F2Pool on October 13, 2026 at 6:53 PM UTC, 20 min 13 s after block 971,283. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,131 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0278 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1528 BTC for this block.
Block 971,284 is number 1,589 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 427 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,716 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 313 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.