About block 971,718
Bitcoin block 971,718 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 2:07 PM UTC, 2 min 53 s after block 971,717. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,493 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.30 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0178 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1428 BTC for this block.
Block 971,718 is number 7 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 2,009 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,282 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. AntPool found 226 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.