About block 971,458
Bitcoin block 971,458 was mined by F2Pool on October 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM UTC, 1 min 36 s after block 971,457. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,376 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 971,458 is number 1,763 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 253 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,542 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.