About block 971,424
Bitcoin block 971,424 was mined by F2Pool on October 14, 2026 at 3:41 PM UTC, 3 min 40 s after block 971,423. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,974 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0094 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1344 BTC for this block.
Block 971,424 is number 1,729 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 287 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,576 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 168 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.