About block 971,882
Bitcoin block 971,882 was mined by ViaBTC on October 17, 2026 at 4:12 PM UTC, 5 min 18 s after block 971,881. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,240 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.16 sat/vB, down from 3.90 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 971,882 is number 171 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,845 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,118 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.