About block 971,392
Bitcoin block 971,392 was mined by NiceHash on October 14, 2026 at 10:39 AM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 971,391. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,567 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 971,392 is number 1,697 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 319 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,608 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. NiceHash found 4 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 205 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.