About block 971,321
Bitcoin block 971,321 was mined by ViaBTC on October 14, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC, 10 min 49 s after block 971,320. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,934 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 971,321 is number 1,626 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 390 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,679 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 271 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.