About block 971,828
Bitcoin block 971,828 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM UTC, 50 min 43 s after block 971,827. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,263 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.35 sat/vB, up from 0.33 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0425 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1675 BTC for this block.
Block 971,828 is number 117 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,899 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,172 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.