About block 968,987
Bitcoin block 968,987 was mined by Luxor on September 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM UTC, 2 min 57 s after block 968,986. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,911 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0196 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1446 BTC for this block.
Block 968,987 is number 1,308 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 708 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,013 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,678 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.