About block 971,334
Bitcoin block 971,334 was mined by Luxor on October 14, 2026 at 1:55 AM UTC, 16 min 14 s after block 971,333. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,532 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 971,334 is number 1,639 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 377 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,666 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 263 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.