About block 971,526
Bitcoin block 971,526 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 7:19 AM UTC, 29 min 46 s after block 971,525. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,197 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0356 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1606 BTC for this block.
Block 971,526 is number 1,831 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 185 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,474 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 66 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.