About block 971,414
Bitcoin block 971,414 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 2:43 PM UTC, 16 min 57 s after block 971,413. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,164 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% 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 0.0298 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1548 BTC for this block.
Block 971,414 is number 1,719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,586 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 178 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.