About block 971,985
Bitcoin block 971,985 was mined by AntPool on October 18, 2026 at 11:18 AM UTC, 9 min 21 s after block 971,984. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,705 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.44 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 971,985 is number 274 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,742 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,015 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.