About block 968,167
Bitcoin block 968,167 was mined by AntPool on September 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM UTC, 6 min 45 s after block 968,166. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,676 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0316 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1566 BTC for this block.
Block 968,167 is number 488 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,528 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,833 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 231 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,842 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.