About block 971,346
Bitcoin block 971,346 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 3:47 AM UTC, 13 min 56 s after block 971,345. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,311 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0699 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1949 BTC for this block.
Block 971,346 is number 1,651 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 365 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,654 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 251 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.