About block 967,979
Bitcoin block 967,979 was mined by BTC.com on September 21, 2026 at 11:43 AM UTC, 12 min 31 s after block 967,978. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,200 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0493 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1743 BTC for this block.
Block 967,979 is number 300 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,716 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,021 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. BTC.com found 11 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,133 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.