About block 971,353
Bitcoin block 971,353 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 4:58 AM UTC, 15 min 42 s after block 971,352. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,325 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 971,353 is number 1,658 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 358 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,647 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 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 239 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.