About block 971,739
Bitcoin block 971,739 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 5:08 PM UTC, 9 min 53 s after block 971,738. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,066 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 1.43 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 971,739 is number 28 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,988 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,261 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. AntPool found 229 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 16 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.