About block 971,550
Bitcoin block 971,550 was mined by SECPOOL on October 15, 2026 at 10:06 AM UTC, 13 min 58 s after block 971,549. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,365 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 971,550 is number 1,855 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 161 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,450 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 42 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.