About block 971,809
Bitcoin block 971,809 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 4:38 AM UTC, 5 min 21 s after block 971,808. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,144 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.30 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0078 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1328 BTC for this block.
Block 971,809 is number 98 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,918 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,191 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.