About block 971,878
Bitcoin block 971,878 was mined by Foundry USA on October 17, 2026 at 3:13 PM UTC, 1 min 51 s after block 971,877. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,552 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.37 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0067 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1317 BTC for this block.
Block 971,878 is number 167 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,849 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,122 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. Foundry USA found 233 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.