About block 971,329
Bitcoin block 971,329 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 1:17 AM UTC, 12 min 41 s after block 971,328. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,638 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 971,329 is number 1,634 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 382 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,671 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 268 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.