About block 968,151
Bitcoin block 968,151 was mined by AntPool on September 22, 2026 at 2:18 PM UTC, 5 min 29 s after block 968,150. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,163 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% 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 0.0158 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1408 BTC for this block.
Block 968,151 is number 472 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,544 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,849 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 230 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,865 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.