About block 971,626
Bitcoin block 971,626 was mined by Unknown on October 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 14 min 12 s after block 971,625. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,551 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.26 sat/vB, up from 1.23 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0334 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1584 BTC for this block.
Block 971,626 is number 1,931 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 85 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,374 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.