About block 971,799
Bitcoin block 971,799 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 3:23 AM UTC, 9 min 31 s after block 971,798. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,560 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.37 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0123 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1373 BTC for this block.
Block 971,799 is number 88 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,928 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,201 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. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.