About block 971,829
Bitcoin block 971,829 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 8:20 AM UTC, 15 min 35 s after block 971,828. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,027 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0279 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1529 BTC for this block.
Block 971,829 is number 118 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,898 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,171 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 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.