About block 968,037
Bitcoin block 968,037 was mined by NiceHash on September 21, 2026 at 7:49 PM UTC, 11 min 45 s after block 968,036. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,609 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0319 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1569 BTC for this block.
Block 968,037 is number 358 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,658 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,963 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. NiceHash found 1 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,054 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.