About block 968,050
Bitcoin block 968,050 was mined by AntPool on September 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM UTC, 14 min 9 s after block 968,049. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,299 transactions in 1.47 MB (99.9% 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 0.0413 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1663 BTC for this block.
Block 968,050 is number 371 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,645 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,950 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 4,030 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.