About block 971,911
Bitcoin block 971,911 was mined by Binance Pool on October 17, 2026 at 10:23 PM UTC, 3 min 23 s after block 971,910. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,974 transactions in 1.76 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, down from 2.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0134 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1384 BTC for this block.
Block 971,911 is number 200 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,816 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,089 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.