About block 971,897
Bitcoin block 971,897 was mined by Foundry USA on October 17, 2026 at 6:41 PM UTC, 38 min 38 s after block 971,896. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,302 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.21 sat/vB, up from 0.33 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0415 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.1665 BTC for this block.
Block 971,897 is number 186 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,830 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,103 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. Foundry USA found 234 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.