About block 971,737
Bitcoin block 971,737 was mined by OCEAN on October 16, 2026 at 4:49 PM UTC, 12 min 3 s after block 971,736. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,604 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0400 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1650 BTC for this block.
Block 971,737 is number 26 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,990 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,263 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. OCEAN found 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.