About block 971,546
Bitcoin block 971,546 was mined by Unknown on October 15, 2026 at 9:21 AM UTC, 8 min 50 s after block 971,545. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,067 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 971,546 is number 1,851 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 165 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,454 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. Unknown found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 46 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.