About block 971,964
Bitcoin block 971,964 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 9:03 AM UTC, 10 min 45 s after block 971,963. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,137 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.02 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 971,964 is number 253 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,763 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,036 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. AntPool found 233 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 15 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.