About block 968,115
Bitcoin block 968,115 was mined by ViaBTC on September 22, 2026 at 7:16 AM UTC, 22 min 43 s after block 968,114. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,157 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0282 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1532 BTC for this block.
Block 968,115 is number 436 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,580 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,885 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,924 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.