About block 968,023
Bitcoin block 968,023 was mined by Binance Pool on September 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM UTC, 11 min 6 s after block 968,022. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,375 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0449 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1699 BTC for this block.
Block 968,023 is number 344 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,672 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,977 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,074 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.