About block 972,553
Bitcoin block 972,553 was mined by Luxor on October 22, 2026 at 1:42 AM UTC, 2 min 28 s after block 972,552. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,032 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.15 sat/vB, down from 1.07 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0084 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1334 BTC for this block.
Block 972,553 is number 842 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,174 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,447 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 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.