About block 971,417
Bitcoin block 971,417 was mined by ViaBTC on October 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 8 min 21 s after block 971,416. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,896 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 971,417 is number 1,722 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 294 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,583 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 175 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.