About block 969,740
Bitcoin block 969,740 was mined by Luxor on October 3, 2026 at 3:21 PM UTC, 16 min 45 s after block 969,739. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,071 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0582 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1832 BTC for this block.
Block 969,740 is number 45 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,971 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,260 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 1,852 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.