About block 971,716
Bitcoin block 971,716 was mined by SECPOOL on October 16, 2026 at 1:58 PM UTC, 22 min 49 s after block 971,715. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,128 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.29 sat/vB, down from 3.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0431 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1681 BTC for this block.
Block 971,716 is number 5 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 2,011 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,284 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 37 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.