About block 968,173
Bitcoin block 968,173 was mined by Foundry USA on September 22, 2026 at 7:37 PM UTC, 52 min 16 s after block 968,172. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,225 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 7.00 sat/vB, up from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.1026 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Foundry USA earned 3.2276 BTC for this block.
Block 968,173 is number 494 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,522 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,827 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. Foundry USA found 238 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,836 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.