About block 971,816
Bitcoin block 971,816 was mined by Binance Pool on October 17, 2026 at 6:04 AM UTC, 20 min 31 s after block 971,815. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,096 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 0.29 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 971,816 is number 105 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,911 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,184 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.