About block 971,539
Bitcoin block 971,539 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM UTC, 7 min 42 s after block 971,538. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,143 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% 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 0.0147 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1397 BTC for this block.
Block 971,539 is number 1,844 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 172 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,461 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 53 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.