About block 971,601
Bitcoin block 971,601 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 5:22 PM UTC, 3 min 12 s after block 971,600. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,348 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.22 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0300 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1550 BTC for this block.
Block 971,601 is number 1,906 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 110 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,399 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 212 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.