About block 971,992
Bitcoin block 971,992 was mined by Poolin on October 18, 2026 at 11:54 AM UTC, 1 min 21 s after block 971,991. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 7,609 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0030 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Poolin earned 3.1280 BTC for this block.
Block 971,992 is number 281 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,735 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,008 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. Poolin found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3 confirmations.