About block 971,917
Bitcoin block 971,917 was mined by AntPool on October 17, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC, 12 min 26 s after block 971,916. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,026 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0175 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1425 BTC for this block.
Block 971,917 is number 206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,083 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 226 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.