About block 971,861
Bitcoin block 971,861 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 12:46 PM UTC, 4 min 29 s after block 971,860. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,887 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.37 sat/vB, down from 1.63 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0089 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1339 BTC for this block.
Block 971,861 is number 150 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,866 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,139 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 181 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.