About block 971,391
Bitcoin block 971,391 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC, 17 min 15 s after block 971,390. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,754 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 971,391 is number 1,696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,609 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 201 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.