About block 971,501
Bitcoin block 971,501 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 3:31 AM UTC, 10 min 24 s after block 971,500. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,642 transactions in 1.47 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 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 971,501 is number 1,806 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 210 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,499 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 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 91 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.