About block 971,577
Bitcoin block 971,577 was mined by SECPOOL on October 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC, 6 min 34 s after block 971,576. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,534 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.36 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0125 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1375 BTC for this block.
Block 971,577 is number 1,882 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 134 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,423 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.