About block 971,702
Bitcoin block 971,702 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 11:23 AM UTC, 10 min 48 s after block 971,701. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,696 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 971,702 is number 2,007 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 9 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,298 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 104 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.