About block 968,353
Bitcoin block 968,353 was mined by Luxor on September 24, 2026 at 4:39 AM UTC, 4 min 58 s after block 968,352. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,473 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 968,353 is number 674 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,342 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,647 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,577 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.