About block 970,576
Bitcoin block 970,576 was mined by Luxor on October 9, 2026 at 3:20 AM UTC, 18 min 16 s after block 970,575. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,296 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0214 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1464 BTC for this block.
Block 970,576 is number 881 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,135 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,424 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 1,021 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.