About block 971,318
Bitcoin block 971,318 was mined by ViaBTC on October 13, 2026 at 11:48 PM UTC, 18 min 5 s after block 971,317. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,228 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 971,318 is number 1,623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,682 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 274 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.