About block 971,806
Bitcoin block 971,806 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 4:18 AM UTC, 16 min 15 s after block 971,805. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,151 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 971,806 is number 95 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,921 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,194 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.