About block 969,598
Bitcoin block 969,598 was mined by Luxor on October 2, 2026 at 1:40 PM UTC, 14 min 7 s after block 969,597. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,648 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 969,598 is number 1,919 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 97 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,402 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 43 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 1,994 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.