About block 971,779
Bitcoin block 971,779 was mined by ViaBTC on October 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC, 4 min 26 s after block 971,778. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 897 transactions in 0.38 MB (23.2% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0053 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1303 BTC for this block.
Block 971,779 is number 68 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,948 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,221 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 5 confirmations.