About block 971,592
Bitcoin block 971,592 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 3:33 PM UTC, 12 min 53 s after block 971,591. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,664 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.05 sat/vB, up from 1.54 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0311 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1561 BTC for this block.
Block 971,592 is number 1,897 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 119 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,408 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.