About block 970,942
Bitcoin block 970,942 was mined by Luxor on October 11, 2026 at 2:27 PM UTC, 17 min 23 s after block 970,941. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,610 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 970,942 is number 1,247 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 769 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,058 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 650 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.