About block 970,309
Bitcoin block 970,309 was mined by Luxor on October 7, 2026 at 7:51 AM UTC, 4 min 6 s after block 970,308. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,218 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 970,309 is number 614 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,402 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,691 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 1,288 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.