About block 971,554
Bitcoin block 971,554 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM UTC, 17 min 38 s after block 971,553. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,005 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.60 sat/vB, up from 0.29 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0238 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1488 BTC for this block.
Block 971,554 is number 1,859 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 157 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,446 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 38 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.