About block 969,118
Bitcoin block 969,118 was mined by Luxor on September 29, 2026 at 7:15 AM UTC, 14 min 54 s after block 969,117. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,463 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, 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 969,118 is number 1,439 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 577 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,882 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,500 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.