About block 971,777
Bitcoin block 971,777 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 11:02 PM UTC, 19 min 47 s after block 971,776. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,259 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.11 sat/vB, up from 0.24 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0358 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1608 BTC for this block.
Block 971,777 is number 66 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,950 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,223 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 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.