About block 971,315
Bitcoin block 971,315 was mined by ViaBTC on October 13, 2026 at 10:50 PM UTC, 12 min 16 s after block 971,314. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,940 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 971,315 is number 1,620 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 396 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,685 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 277 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.