About block 971,873
Bitcoin block 971,873 was mined by F2Pool on October 17, 2026 at 2:25 PM UTC, 1 min 2 s after block 971,872. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,374 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.36 sat/vB, down from 1.96 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0061 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1311 BTC for this block.
Block 971,873 is number 162 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,854 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,127 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 181 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.