About block 971,457
Bitcoin block 971,457 was mined by ViaBTC on October 14, 2026 at 8:13 PM UTC, 26 min 59 s after block 971,456. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,112 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0423 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1673 BTC for this block.
Block 971,457 is number 1,762 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 254 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,543 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 135 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.