About block 971,317
Bitcoin block 971,317 was mined by ViaBTC on October 13, 2026 at 11:30 PM UTC, 27 min 52 s after block 971,316. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,370 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% 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 0.0314 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1564 BTC for this block.
Block 971,317 is number 1,622 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 394 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,683 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 275 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.