About block 971,841
Bitcoin block 971,841 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM UTC, 6 min 45 s after block 971,840. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,109 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 1.63 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 971,841 is number 130 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,886 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,159 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 19 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.