About block 971,642
Bitcoin block 971,642 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 1:16 AM UTC, 5 min 44 s after block 971,641. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,133 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, down from 2.07 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 971,642 is number 1,947 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 69 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,358 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.