About block 971,901
Bitcoin block 971,901 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 7:55 PM UTC, 10 min 53 s after block 971,900. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,192 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0264 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1514 BTC for this block.
Block 971,901 is number 190 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,826 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,099 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. AntPool found 224 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.