About block 968,171
Bitcoin block 968,171 was mined by Luxor on September 22, 2026 at 6:34 PM UTC, 40 min 25 s after block 968,170. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,189 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0738 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1988 BTC for this block.
Block 968,171 is number 492 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,524 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,829 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,838 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.