About block 971,735
Bitcoin block 971,735 was mined by F2Pool on October 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC, 13 min 50 s after block 971,734. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,879 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.25 sat/vB, up from 1.92 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0335 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1585 BTC for this block.
Block 971,735 is number 24 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,992 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,265 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.