About block 971,531
Bitcoin block 971,531 was mined by Unknown on October 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM UTC, 14 min 1 s after block 971,530. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,897 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 971,531 is number 1,836 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 180 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,469 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. Unknown found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 61 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.