About block 971,594
Bitcoin block 971,594 was mined by ViaBTC on October 15, 2026 at 3:41 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 971,593. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,282 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 971,594 is number 1,899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,406 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 107 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.