About block 971,538
Bitcoin block 971,538 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 8:22 AM UTC, 11 min 23 s after block 971,537. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,256 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0202 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1452 BTC for this block.
Block 971,538 is number 1,843 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 173 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,462 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 54 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.