About block 971,843
Bitcoin block 971,843 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 10:52 AM UTC, 8 min 45 s after block 971,842. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,980 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.08 sat/vB, up from 0.37 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 971,843 is number 132 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,884 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,157 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. F2Pool found 177 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 17 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.