About block 971,377
Bitcoin block 971,377 was mined by OCEAN on October 14, 2026 at 8:34 AM UTC, 27 min 5 s after block 971,376. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,776 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0345 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1595 BTC for this block.
Block 971,377 is number 1,682 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 334 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,623 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 215 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.