About block 971,435
Bitcoin block 971,435 was mined by OCEAN on October 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 971,434. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,409 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0253 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1503 BTC for this block.
Block 971,435 is number 1,740 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 276 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,565 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. OCEAN found 27 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 162 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.