About block 968,227
Bitcoin block 968,227 was mined by Luxor on September 23, 2026 at 5:16 AM UTC, 11 min 40 s after block 968,226. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,445 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 968,227 is number 548 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,468 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,773 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,752 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.