About block 971,542
Bitcoin block 971,542 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 8:55 AM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 971,541. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,401 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0107 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1357 BTC for this block.
Block 971,542 is number 1,847 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 169 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,458 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. F2Pool found 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 55 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.