About block 968,028
Bitcoin block 968,028 was mined by OCEAN on September 21, 2026 at 6:48 PM UTC, 22 min 22 s after block 968,027. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,091 transactions in 1.75 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0531 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1781 BTC for this block.
Block 968,028 is number 349 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,667 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,972 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. OCEAN found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,069 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.