About block 971,326
Bitcoin block 971,326 was mined by F2Pool on October 14, 2026 at 1:02 AM UTC, 36 min 6 s after block 971,325. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,838 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0312 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1562 BTC for this block.
Block 971,326 is number 1,631 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 385 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,674 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 266 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.