About block 967,968
Bitcoin block 967,968 was mined by SECPOOL on September 21, 2026 at 9:09 AM UTC, 51 min 15 s after block 967,967. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,965 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0714 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1964 BTC for this block.
Block 967,968 is number 289 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,727 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,032 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. SECPOOL found 35 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,151 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.