About block 971,740
Bitcoin block 971,740 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM UTC, 14 min 19 s after block 971,739. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,258 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 971,740 is number 29 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,987 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,260 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 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.