About block 971,999
Bitcoin block 971,999 was mined by Luxor on October 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM UTC, 19 min 2 s after block 971,998. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,186 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.50 sat/vB, up from 0.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0211 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1461 BTC for this block.
Block 971,999 is number 288 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,728 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 78,001 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.