About block 970,543
Bitcoin block 970,543 was mined by Luxor on October 8, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC, 5 min 24 s after block 970,542. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,781 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 970,543 is number 848 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,168 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,457 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,049 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.