About block 971,654
Bitcoin block 971,654 was mined by Luxor on October 16, 2026 at 3:04 AM UTC, 25 min 36 s after block 971,653. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,807 transactions in 1.41 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.02 sat/vB, up from 0.36 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0301 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1551 BTC for this block.
Block 971,654 is number 1,959 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 57 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,346 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 11 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.