About block 973,689
Bitcoin block 973,689 was mined by Luxor on October 29, 2026 at 11:48 AM UTC, 7 min 36 s after block 973,688. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,424 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.01 sat/vB, up from 0.13 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0165 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1415 BTC for this block.
Block 973,689 is number 1,978 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 482; 38 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 973,727. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,311 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 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4 confirmations.