About block 971,461
Bitcoin block 971,461 was mined by ViaBTC on October 14, 2026 at 8:33 PM UTC, 9 min 28 s after block 971,460. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,281 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0207 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1457 BTC for this block.
Block 971,461 is number 1,766 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 250 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,539 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. ViaBTC found 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.