About block 973,336
Bitcoin block 973,336 was mined by Luxor on October 27, 2026 at 3:28 AM UTC, 2 min 48 s after block 973,335. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,040 transactions in 2.27 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.13 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0034 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1284 BTC for this block.
Block 973,336 is number 1,625 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 391 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,664 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.