About block 968,034
Bitcoin block 968,034 was mined by AntPool on September 21, 2026 at 7:23 PM UTC, 10 min 27 s after block 968,033. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,085 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0355 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1605 BTC for this block.
Block 968,034 is number 355 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,661 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,966 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. AntPool found 222 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,057 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.