About block 971,599
Bitcoin block 971,599 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 4:54 PM UTC, 13 min 10 s after block 971,598. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,795 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.02 sat/vB, down from 3.23 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0511 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1761 BTC for this block.
Block 971,599 is number 1,904 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 112 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,401 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.