About block 971,754
Bitcoin block 971,754 was mined by Braiins Pool on October 16, 2026 at 6:36 PM UTC, 1 min 59 s after block 971,753. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,533 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.28 sat/vB, up from 0.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0063 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Braiins Pool earned 3.1313 BTC for this block.
Block 971,754 is number 43 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,973 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,246 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. Braiins Pool found 19 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.