About block 972,366
Bitcoin block 972,366 was mined by Luxor on October 20, 2026 at 6:40 PM UTC, 3 min 51 s after block 972,365. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,864 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.96 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0199 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1449 BTC for this block.
Block 972,366 is number 655 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,361 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,634 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.