About block 972,966
Bitcoin block 972,966 was mined by Luxor on October 24, 2026 at 7:42 PM UTC, 31 min 25 s after block 972,965. 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 4,088 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.05 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 972,966 is number 1,255 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 761 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 77,034 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 58 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.