About block 971,640
Bitcoin block 971,640 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 1:00 AM UTC, 38 min 41 s after block 971,639. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,299 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.83 sat/vB, up from 0.27 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0483 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1733 BTC for this block.
Block 971,640 is number 1,945 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 71 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,360 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.