About block 968,709
Bitcoin block 968,709 was mined by Luxor on September 26, 2026 at 4:08 PM UTC, 23 min 54 s after block 968,708. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,662 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0371 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1621 BTC for this block.
Block 968,709 is number 1,030 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 986 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,291 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 3,069 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.