About block 969,998
Bitcoin block 969,998 was mined by Luxor on October 5, 2026 at 10:32 AM UTC, 6 min 51 s after block 969,997. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,787 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0136 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Luxor earned 3.1386 BTC for this block.
Block 969,998 is number 303 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 481; 1,713 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 971,711. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 80,002 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 1,594 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.