About block 972,226
Bitcoin block 972,226 was mined by Luxor on October 19, 2026 at 11:41 PM UTC, 3 min 13 s after block 972,225. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,700 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.14 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0066 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1316 BTC for this block.
Block 972,226 is number 515 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,501 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,774 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 9 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.