About block 971,567
Bitcoin block 971,567 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC, 8 min 6 s after block 971,566. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,921 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.35 sat/vB, up from 0.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0113 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1363 BTC for this block.
Block 971,567 is number 1,872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,433 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 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 25 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.