About block 971,610
Bitcoin block 971,610 was mined by Luxor on October 15, 2026 at 6:34 PM UTC, 7 min 41 s after block 971,609. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,525 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 971,610 is number 1,915 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 101 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,390 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.