About block 971,869
Bitcoin block 971,869 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 2:02 PM UTC, 31 min 52 s after block 971,868. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,226 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.27 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0341 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1591 BTC for this block.
Block 971,869 is number 158 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,858 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,131 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. AntPool found 230 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.