About block 971,688
Bitcoin block 971,688 was mined by F2Pool on October 16, 2026 at 9:04 AM UTC, 48 min 55 s after block 971,687. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,292 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 1.15 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0479 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1729 BTC for this block.
Block 971,688 is number 1,993 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 23 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,312 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. F2Pool found 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.