About block 971,956
Bitcoin block 971,956 was mined by F2Pool on October 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM UTC, 23 min 58 s after block 971,955. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,785 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.14 sat/vB, down from 2.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0281 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1531 BTC for this block.
Block 971,956 is number 245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,044 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. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.