About block 969,908
Bitcoin block 969,908 was mined by Luxor on October 4, 2026 at 9:40 PM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 969,907. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,788 transactions in 1.59 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 0.0062 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1312 BTC for this block.
Block 969,908 is number 213 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,803 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,092 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 1,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.