About block 971,635
Bitcoin block 971,635 was mined by Poolin on October 15, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC, 2 min 26 s after block 971,634. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,854 transactions in 1.89 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.38 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0130 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1380 BTC for this block.
Block 971,635 is number 1,940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 76 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,365 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. Poolin found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.