About block 971,476
Bitcoin block 971,476 was mined by F2Pool on October 14, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC, 14 min 47 s after block 971,475. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,037 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 971,476 is number 1,781 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 235 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,524 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 121 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.