About block 971,409
Bitcoin block 971,409 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 1:49 PM UTC, 12 min 14 s after block 971,408. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,895 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 971,409 is number 1,714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,591 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 183 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.