About block 971,924
Bitcoin block 971,924 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 12:36 AM UTC, 13 min 19 s after block 971,923. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,687 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 0.29 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 971,924 is number 213 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,803 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,076 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 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.