About block 971,652
Bitcoin block 971,652 was mined by Unknown on October 16, 2026 at 2:38 AM UTC, 24 min 15 s after block 971,651. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,859 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.11 sat/vB, up from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 971,652 is number 1,957 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 59 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,348 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. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.