About block 971,489
Bitcoin block 971,489 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 1:28 AM UTC, 14 min 11 s after block 971,488. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,086 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0145 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1395 BTC for this block.
Block 971,489 is number 1,794 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 222 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,511 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 103 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.