About block 971,750
Bitcoin block 971,750 was mined by SECPOOL on October 16, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTC, 4 min 13 s after block 971,749. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,492 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.31 sat/vB, down from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 971,750 is number 39 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,977 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,250 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.