About block 968,072
Bitcoin block 968,072 was mined by F2Pool on September 22, 2026 at 1:28 AM UTC, 25 min 36 s after block 968,071. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,139 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0369 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1619 BTC for this block.
Block 968,072 is number 393 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,623 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,928 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. F2Pool found 167 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,997 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.