About block 971,355
Bitcoin block 971,355 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 5:33 AM UTC, 25 min 59 s after block 971,354. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,535 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 971,355 is number 1,660 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 356 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,645 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 237 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.