About block 971,990
Bitcoin block 971,990 was mined by OCEAN on October 18, 2026 at 11:50 AM UTC, 1 min 19 s after block 971,989. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,432 transactions in 1.88 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.26 sat/vB, down from 0.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0046 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1296 BTC for this block.
Block 971,990 is number 279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,010 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 31 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.