About block 971,853
Bitcoin block 971,853 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC, 7 min 34 s after block 971,852. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,665 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.34 sat/vB, up from 0.29 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0092 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1342 BTC for this block.
Block 971,853 is number 142 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,874 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,147 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 227 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.