About block 971,508
Bitcoin block 971,508 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 4:19 AM UTC, 12 min 37 s after block 971,507. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,046 transactions in 1.45 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 971,508 is number 1,813 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 203 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,492 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 84 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.