About block 971,641
Bitcoin block 971,641 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 1:10 AM UTC, 10 min 11 s after block 971,640. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,597 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.07 sat/vB, down from 3.83 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0258 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1508 BTC for this block.
Block 971,641 is number 1,946 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 70 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,359 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 216 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.