About block 971,791
Bitcoin block 971,791 was mined by Luxor on October 17, 2026 at 1:59 AM UTC, 21 min 44 s after block 971,790. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,997 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.31 sat/vB, up from 0.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0232 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1482 BTC for this block.
Block 971,791 is number 80 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,936 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,209 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.