About block 972,451
Bitcoin block 972,451 was mined by Luxor on October 21, 2026 at 9:29 AM UTC, 17 min 36 s after block 972,450. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,738 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.20 sat/vB, up from 0.14 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0275 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1525 BTC for this block.
Block 972,451 is number 740 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,276 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,549 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.