About block 971,880
Bitcoin block 971,880 was mined by BTC.com on October 17, 2026 at 3:26 PM UTC, 9 min 11 s after block 971,879. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 1,149 transactions in 0.54 MB (31.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 0.30 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0080 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1330 BTC for this block.
Block 971,880 is number 169 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,847 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,120 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. BTC.com found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.