About block 971,628
Bitcoin block 971,628 was mined by AntPool on October 15, 2026 at 10:13 PM UTC, 0 seconds after block 971,627. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,716 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.37 sat/vB, down from 3.25 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0218 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1468 BTC for this block.
Block 971,628 is number 1,933 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 83 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,372 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. AntPool found 213 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.