About block 971,246
Bitcoin block 971,246 was mined by Luxor on October 13, 2026 at 1:03 PM UTC, 9 min 17 s after block 971,245. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,509 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0185 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1435 BTC for this block.
Block 971,246 is number 1,551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,754 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 351 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.