About block 967,978
Bitcoin block 967,978 was mined by F2Pool on September 21, 2026 at 11:31 AM UTC, 61 min 1 s after block 967,977. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,196 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0748 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1998 BTC for this block.
Block 967,978 is number 299 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,717 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,022 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.