About block 971,634
Bitcoin block 971,634 was mined by F2Pool on October 15, 2026 at 11:50 PM UTC, 13 min 30 s after block 971,633. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,801 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 971,634 is number 1,939 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 77 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,366 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.