About block 971,939
Bitcoin block 971,939 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 3:31 AM UTC, 22 min 39 s after block 971,938. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,912 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 1.44 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0343 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1593 BTC for this block.
Block 971,939 is number 228 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,788 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,061 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. F2Pool found 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.