About block 971,778
Bitcoin block 971,778 was mined by AntPool on October 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM UTC, 3 min 12 s after block 971,777. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,529 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.21 sat/vB, down from 2.11 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0157 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1407 BTC for this block.
Block 971,778 is number 67 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,949 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,222 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.