About block 971,867
Bitcoin block 971,867 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 1:20 PM UTC, 2 min 46 s after block 971,866. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,847 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.31 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0064 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1314 BTC for this block.
Block 971,867 is number 156 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,860 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,133 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 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.