About block 971,749
Bitcoin block 971,749 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM UTC, 5 min 22 s after block 971,748. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,897 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.36 sat/vB, down from 1.09 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0137 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1387 BTC for this block.
Block 971,749 is number 38 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,978 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,251 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.