About block 971,565
Bitcoin block 971,565 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 11:42 AM UTC, 4 min 11 s after block 971,564. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,356 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.31 sat/vB, up from 0.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 971,565 is number 1,870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,435 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 32 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.