About block 972,156
Bitcoin block 972,156 was mined by Luxor on October 19, 2026 at 1:59 PM UTC, 22 min 27 s after block 972,155. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,698 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.11 sat/vB, up from 1.21 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0313 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1563 BTC for this block.
Block 972,156 is number 445 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,571 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,844 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 18 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.