About block 971,788
Bitcoin block 971,788 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 1:32 AM UTC, 6 min 43 s after block 971,787. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,017 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.20 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0124 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1374 BTC for this block.
Block 971,788 is number 77 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,939 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,212 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 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 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.