About block 972,125
Bitcoin block 972,125 was mined by Luxor on October 19, 2026 at 9:06 AM UTC, 15 min 14 s after block 972,124. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,794 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.99 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 972,125 is number 414 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,602 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,875 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 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.