About block 970,997
Bitcoin block 970,997 was mined by Luxor on October 11, 2026 at 10:52 PM UTC, 1 min 22 s after block 970,996. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,761 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0039 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1289 BTC for this block.
Block 970,997 is number 1,302 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 714 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 79,003 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 595 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.