About block 971,874
Bitcoin block 971,874 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 2:36 PM UTC, 10 min 35 s after block 971,873. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,077 transactions in 1.66 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 0.0166 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1416 BTC for this block.
Block 971,874 is number 163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,126 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. AntPool found 230 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.