About block 968,056
Bitcoin block 968,056 was mined by AntPool on September 21, 2026 at 11:24 PM UTC, 12 min 55 s after block 968,055. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,786 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0205 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1455 BTC for this block.
Block 968,056 is number 377 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,639 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,944 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 224 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,018 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.