About block 971,920
Bitcoin block 971,920 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM UTC, 28 min 11 s after block 971,919. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,591 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 1.10 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0254 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1504 BTC for this block.
Block 971,920 is number 209 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,807 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,080 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.