About block 971,684
Bitcoin block 971,684 was mined by Foundry USA on October 16, 2026 at 7:42 AM UTC, 29 min 30 s after block 971,683. 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 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.14 sat/vB, up from 0.39 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 971,684 is number 1,989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 27 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,316 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. Foundry USA found 260 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.