About block 971,764
Bitcoin block 971,764 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 8:41 PM UTC, 12 min 5 s after block 971,763. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,245 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.50 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0225 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1475 BTC for this block.
Block 971,764 is number 53 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,963 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,236 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. ViaBTC found 94 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.