About block 971,545
Bitcoin block 971,545 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 9:12 AM UTC, 8 min 41 s after block 971,544. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,365 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0172 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1422 BTC for this block.
Block 971,545 is number 1,850 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 166 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,455 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 47 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.