About block 971,517
Bitcoin block 971,517 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 5:42 AM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 971,516. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,484 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0122 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1372 BTC for this block.
Block 971,517 is number 1,822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,483 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 75 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.