About block 971,846
Bitcoin block 971,846 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 11:17 AM UTC, 12 min 33 s after block 971,845. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,699 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.07 sat/vB, up from 0.34 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 971,846 is number 135 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,881 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,154 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 14 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.