About block 970,504
Bitcoin block 970,504 was mined by Luxor on October 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM UTC, 10 min 9 s after block 970,503. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,299 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0276 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1526 BTC for this block.
Block 970,504 is number 809 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,207 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,496 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 1,088 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.