About block 973,840
Bitcoin block 973,840 was mined by Luxor on October 30, 2026 at 3:44 PM UTC, 7 min 34 s after block 973,839. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,059 transactions in 1.87 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.01 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0448 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1698 BTC for this block.
Block 973,840 is number 113 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 483; 1,903 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 975,743. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 76,160 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 54 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 10 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.