About block 971,770
Bitcoin block 971,770 was mined by F2Pool on October 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC, 5 min 42 s after block 971,769. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,407 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.93 sat/vB, down from 1.09 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0161 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1411 BTC for this block.
Block 971,770 is number 59 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,230 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. F2Pool found 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.