About block 968,141
Bitcoin block 968,141 was mined by ViaBTC on September 22, 2026 at 12:09 PM UTC, 11 min 37 s after block 968,140. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,832 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0235 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1485 BTC for this block.
Block 968,141 is number 462 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,554 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,859 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,883 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.