About block 972,123
Bitcoin block 972,123 was mined by Luxor on October 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM UTC, 14 min 53 s after block 972,122. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,443 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.01 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0249 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1499 BTC for this block.
Block 972,123 is number 412 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,604 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,877 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 12 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.