About block 971,955
Bitcoin block 971,955 was mined by BTC.com on October 18, 2026 at 7:06 AM UTC, 25 min 6 s after block 971,954. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,176 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.28 sat/vB, up from 1.66 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 971,955 is number 244 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,772 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,045 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. BTC.com found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.