About block 971,733
Bitcoin block 971,733 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 4:22 PM UTC, 18 min 20 s after block 971,732. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,221 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.35 sat/vB, up from 3.33 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0416 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1666 BTC for this block.
Block 971,733 is number 22 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,994 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,267 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.