About block 959,697
Bitcoin block 959,697 was mined by Luxor on July 26, 2026 at 12:14 PM UTC, 21 min 38 s after block 959,696. 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 4,669 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 959,697 is number 82 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 476; 1,934 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 961,631. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 90,303 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 56 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 13,818 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.