About block 972,109
Bitcoin block 972,109 was mined by Luxor on October 19, 2026 at 5:44 AM UTC, 16 min 3 s after block 972,108. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,511 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.08 sat/vB, down from 2.01 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 972,109 is number 398 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,618 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,891 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.