About block 971,738
Bitcoin block 971,738 was mined by Luxor on October 16, 2026 at 4:58 PM UTC, 9 min 1 s after block 971,737. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,695 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.43 sat/vB, down from 2.02 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 971,738 is number 27 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,989 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,262 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.