About block 970,832
Bitcoin block 970,832 was mined by Luxor on October 10, 2026 at 9:36 PM UTC, 8 min 27 s after block 970,831. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,384 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0121 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1371 BTC for this block.
Block 970,832 is number 1,137 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 879 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,168 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 765 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.