About block 971,877
Bitcoin block 971,877 was mined by ViaBTC on October 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM UTC, 19 min 49 s after block 971,876. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,606 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0296 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1546 BTC for this block.
Block 971,877 is number 166 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,850 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,123 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.