About block 971,728
Bitcoin block 971,728 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 3:16 PM UTC, 9 min 24 s after block 971,727. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,307 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 0.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 971,728 is number 17 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,999 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,272 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 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.