About block 971,511
Bitcoin block 971,511 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 4:46 AM UTC, 12 min 18 s after block 971,510. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,788 transactions in 1.65 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 971,511 is number 1,816 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 200 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,489 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 86 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.