About block 973,651
Bitcoin block 973,651 was mined by Luxor on October 29, 2026 at 5:41 AM UTC, 18 min 50 s after block 973,650. 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 4,044 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.08 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 973,651 is number 1,940 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 76 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,349 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 5 confirmations.