About block 971,433
Bitcoin block 971,433 was mined by AntPool on October 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM UTC, 12 min 37 s after block 971,432. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,491 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0295 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1545 BTC for this block.
Block 971,433 is number 1,738 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 278 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,567 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 164 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.