About block 971,444
Bitcoin block 971,444 was mined by F2Pool on October 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM UTC, 5 min 1 s after block 971,443. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,049 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0150 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1400 BTC for this block.
Block 971,444 is number 1,749 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 267 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,556 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 153 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.