About block 970,073
Bitcoin block 970,073 was mined by Luxor on October 5, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC, 10 min 43 s after block 970,072. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,980 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 970,073 is number 378 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,638 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,927 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.