About block 968,035
Bitcoin block 968,035 was mined by ViaBTC on September 21, 2026 at 7:33 PM UTC, 10 min 14 s after block 968,034. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,743 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0297 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1547 BTC for this block.
Block 968,035 is number 356 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,660 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,965 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 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,056 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.