About block 971,509
Bitcoin block 971,509 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 4:21 AM UTC, 1 min 37 s after block 971,508. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,744 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0047 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1297 BTC for this block.
Block 971,509 is number 1,814 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 202 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,491 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. AntPool found 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 88 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.