About block 971,295
Bitcoin block 971,295 was mined by AntPool on October 13, 2026 at 7:56 PM UTC, 12 min 16 s after block 971,294. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,107 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 971,295 is number 1,600 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 416 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,705 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 297 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.