About block 971,449
Bitcoin block 971,449 was mined by OCEAN on October 14, 2026 at 6:14 PM UTC, 13 min 30 s after block 971,448. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,365 transactions in 1.48 MB (89.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0219 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1469 BTC for this block.
Block 971,449 is number 1,754 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 262 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,551 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 143 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.