About block 971,549
Bitcoin block 971,549 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 9:52 AM UTC, 6 min 37 s after block 971,548. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,465 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0177 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1427 BTC for this block.
Block 971,549 is number 1,854 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 162 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,451 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 48 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.