About block 971,781
Bitcoin block 971,781 was mined by Unknown on October 16, 2026 at 11:27 PM UTC, 10 min 46 s after block 971,780. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,078 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.39 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0142 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1392 BTC for this block.
Block 971,781 is number 70 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,946 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,219 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. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.