About block 971,609
Bitcoin block 971,609 was mined by SECPOOL on October 15, 2026 at 6:26 PM UTC, 16 min 16 s after block 971,608. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,186 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0369 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1619 BTC for this block.
Block 971,609 is number 1,914 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 102 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,391 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.