About block 971,884
Bitcoin block 971,884 was mined by BTC.com on October 17, 2026 at 4:55 PM UTC, 7 min 22 s after block 971,883. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,960 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, down from 3.98 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0240 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1490 BTC for this block.
Block 971,884 is number 173 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,843 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,116 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 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.