About block 971,856
Bitcoin block 971,856 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 12:07 PM UTC, 13 min 39 s after block 971,855. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,158 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.30 sat/vB, up from 0.27 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0102 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1352 BTC for this block.
Block 971,856 is number 145 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,871 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,144 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 180 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.