About block 971,482
Bitcoin block 971,482 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 12:07 AM UTC, 40 min 46 s after block 971,481. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,980 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 971,482 is number 1,787 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 229 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,518 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 110 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.