About block 971,142
Bitcoin block 971,142 was mined by Luxor on October 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM UTC, 17 min 43 s after block 971,141. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,341 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0315 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1565 BTC for this block.
Block 971,142 is number 1,447 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 569 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,858 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 450 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.