About block 971,745
Bitcoin block 971,745 was mined by Luxor on October 16, 2026 at 5:45 PM UTC, 8 min 14 s after block 971,744. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,040 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.04 sat/vB, up from 0.28 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0215 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1465 BTC for this block.
Block 971,745 is number 34 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,982 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,255 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.