About block 971,618
Bitcoin block 971,618 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM UTC, 8 min 26 s after block 971,617. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,294 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0186 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1436 BTC for this block.
Block 971,618 is number 1,923 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 93 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,382 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 214 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.