About block 968,559
Bitcoin block 968,559 was mined by Luxor on September 25, 2026 at 2:48 PM UTC, 8 min 3 s after block 968,558. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,979 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0263 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1513 BTC for this block.
Block 968,559 is number 880 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,136 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,441 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 48 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,273 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.