About block 971,773
Bitcoin block 971,773 was mined by F2Pool on October 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM UTC, 15 min 3 s after block 971,772. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,941 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.22 sat/vB, up from 0.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0201 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1451 BTC for this block.
Block 971,773 is number 62 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,954 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,227 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. F2Pool found 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.