About block 971,895
Bitcoin block 971,895 was mined by ViaBTC on October 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 971,894. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,022 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0191 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1441 BTC for this block.
Block 971,895 is number 184 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,832 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,105 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.