About block 971,969
Bitcoin block 971,969 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 9:38 AM UTC, 9 min 12 s after block 971,968. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,925 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0131 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1381 BTC for this block.
Block 971,969 is number 258 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,758 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,031 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. AntPool found 233 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.