About block 971,578
Bitcoin block 971,578 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 1:19 PM UTC, 42 seconds after block 971,577. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,585 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.28 sat/vB, down from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1287 BTC for this block.
Block 971,578 is number 1,883 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 133 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,422 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 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.