About block 971,588
Bitcoin block 971,588 was mined by Foundry USA on October 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM UTC, 51 min 18 s after block 971,587. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,999 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.03 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1773 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.3023 BTC for this block.
Block 971,588 is number 1,893 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 123 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,412 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. Foundry USA found 258 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.