About block 971,048
Bitcoin block 971,048 was mined by Luxor on October 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 971,047. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,476 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0112 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1362 BTC for this block.
Block 971,048 is number 1,353 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 663 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,952 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. Luxor found 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 549 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.