About block 972,634
Bitcoin block 972,634 was mined by Luxor on October 22, 2026 at 4:46 PM UTC, 5 min 17 s after block 972,633. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,831 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 0.60 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0164 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1414 BTC for this block.
Block 972,634 is number 923 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 1,093 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,366 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 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 7 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.