About block 971,558
Bitcoin block 971,558 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 11:15 AM UTC, 18 min 2 s after block 971,557. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,820 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 0.37 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0261 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1511 BTC for this block.
Block 971,558 is number 1,863 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 153 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,442 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 34 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.