About block 971,864
Bitcoin block 971,864 was mined by OCEAN on October 17, 2026 at 1:13 PM UTC, 18 min 0 s after block 971,863. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,343 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 971,864 is number 153 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,863 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,136 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. OCEAN found 29 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.