About block 968,135
Bitcoin block 968,135 was mined by F2Pool on September 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC, 7 min 1 s after block 968,134. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,731 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0188 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1438 BTC for this block.
Block 968,135 is number 456 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,560 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,865 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,899 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.