About block 971,872
Bitcoin block 971,872 was mined by Luxor on October 17, 2026 at 2:24 PM UTC, 17 min 20 s after block 971,871. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,199 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.96 sat/vB, up from 0.35 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0221 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1471 BTC for this block.
Block 971,872 is number 161 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,855 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,128 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.