About block 971,787
Bitcoin block 971,787 was mined by WhitePool on October 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM UTC, 15 min 56 s after block 971,786. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,519 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0206 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1456 BTC for this block.
Block 971,787 is number 76 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,940 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,213 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.