About block 969,379
Bitcoin block 969,379 was mined by Luxor on October 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM UTC, 1 min 28 s after block 969,378. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,286 transactions in 1.67 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 0.0051 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1301 BTC for this block.
Block 969,379 is number 1,700 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 316 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,621 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,213 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.