About block 971,784
Bitcoin block 971,784 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM UTC, 30 min 36 s after block 971,783. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,442 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.92 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 971,784 is number 73 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,943 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,216 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.