About block 968,018
Bitcoin block 968,018 was mined by ViaBTC on September 21, 2026 at 4:14 PM UTC, 11 min 4 s after block 968,017. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,229 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0819 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.2069 BTC for this block.
Block 968,018 is number 339 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,677 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,982 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,087 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.