About block 971,903
Bitcoin block 971,903 was mined by SECPOOL on October 17, 2026 at 8:16 PM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 971,902. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,781 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.85 sat/vB, up from 1.33 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0229 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1479 BTC for this block.
Block 971,903 is number 192 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,824 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,097 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.