About block 971,332
Bitcoin block 971,332 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 971,331. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,152 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0104 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1354 BTC for this block.
Block 971,332 is number 1,637 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 379 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,668 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 265 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.