About block 971,491
Bitcoin block 971,491 was mined by WhitePool on October 15, 2026 at 1:52 AM UTC, 13 min 49 s after block 971,490. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,441 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0162 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1412 BTC for this block.
Block 971,491 is number 1,796 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 220 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,509 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 106 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.