About block 970,179
Bitcoin block 970,179 was mined by Luxor on October 6, 2026 at 1:37 PM UTC, 23 min 58 s after block 970,178. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,782 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0397 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1647 BTC for this block.
Block 970,179 is number 484 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,532 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,821 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 42 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,418 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.