About block 971,890
Bitcoin block 971,890 was mined by BTC.com on October 17, 2026 at 5:25 PM UTC, 12 min 1 s after block 971,889. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,889 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.07 sat/vB, up from 0.56 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 971,890 is number 179 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,837 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,110 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.