About block 971,573
Bitcoin block 971,573 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 12:43 PM UTC, 26 min 5 s after block 971,572. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,921 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.24 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 971,573 is number 1,878 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 138 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,427 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.