About block 971,608
Bitcoin block 971,608 was mined by OCEAN on October 15, 2026 at 6:10 PM UTC, 2 min 29 s after block 971,607. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,033 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 971,608 is number 1,913 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 103 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,392 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. OCEAN found 29 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.