About block 971,826
Bitcoin block 971,826 was mined by ViaBTC on October 17, 2026 at 7:09 AM UTC, 12 min 23 s after block 971,825. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,833 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0149 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1399 BTC for this block.
Block 971,826 is number 115 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,901 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,174 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. ViaBTC found 96 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.