About block 971,714
Bitcoin block 971,714 was mined by F2Pool on October 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 24 min 58 s after block 971,713. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,164 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.50 sat/vB, up from 0.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0352 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1602 BTC for this block.
Block 971,714 is number 3 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 2,013 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,286 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.