About block 971,905
Bitcoin block 971,905 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 8:38 PM UTC, 5 seconds after block 971,904. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,498 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.24 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0090 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1340 BTC for this block.
Block 971,905 is number 194 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,822 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,095 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 225 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.