About block 973,430
Bitcoin block 973,430 was mined by Luxor on October 27, 2026 at 5:06 PM UTC, 14 min 33 s after block 973,429. 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 3,295 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.20 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 973,430 is number 1,719 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 297 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,570 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 39 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.