About block 972,001
Bitcoin block 972,001 was mined by Luxor on October 18, 2026 at 1:46 PM UTC, 17 min 42 s after block 972,000. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,300 transactions in 1.83 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.43 sat/vB, up from 0.31 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 972,001 is number 290 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,726 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,999 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.