About block 968,179
Bitcoin block 968,179 was mined by F2Pool on September 22, 2026 at 8:20 PM UTC, 6 min 26 s after block 968,178. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,654 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0374 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1624 BTC for this block.
Block 968,179 is number 500 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,516 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,821 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. F2Pool found 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,823 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.