About block 968,042
Bitcoin block 968,042 was mined by AntPool on September 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM UTC, 16 min 55 s after block 968,041. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,715 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0499 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1749 BTC for this block.
Block 968,042 is number 363 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,653 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,958 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. AntPool found 222 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,049 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.