About block 971,061
Bitcoin block 971,061 was mined by Luxor on October 12, 2026 at 7:52 AM UTC, 3 min 6 s after block 971,060. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,442 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 971,061 is number 1,366 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 650 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,939 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. Luxor found 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 531 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.