About block 971,941
Bitcoin block 971,941 was mined by ViaBTC on October 18, 2026 at 3:45 AM UTC, 12 min 40 s after block 971,940. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,864 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 971,941 is number 230 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,786 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,059 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. ViaBTC found 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.