About block 971,483
Bitcoin block 971,483 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM UTC, 21 min 11 s after block 971,482. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,177 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 971,483 is number 1,788 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 228 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,517 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 114 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.