About block 971,763
Bitcoin block 971,763 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 15 min 11 s after block 971,762. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,794 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0269 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1519 BTC for this block.
Block 971,763 is number 52 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,964 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,237 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.