About block 971,598
Bitcoin block 971,598 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 971,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,609 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.23 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0350 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1600 BTC for this block.
Block 971,598 is number 1,903 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 113 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,402 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 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.