About block 971,372
Bitcoin block 971,372 was mined by BTC.com on October 14, 2026 at 7:31 AM UTC, 11 min 51 s after block 971,371. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 1,215 transactions in 0.66 MB (45.3% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0091 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1341 BTC for this block.
Block 971,372 is number 1,677 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 339 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,628 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. BTC.com found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.