About block 971,761
Bitcoin block 971,761 was mined by OCEAN on October 16, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC, 12 min 5 s after block 971,760. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,975 transactions in 1.18 MB (70.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0217 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1467 BTC for this block.
Block 971,761 is number 50 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,966 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,239 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. OCEAN found 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.