About block 968,191
Bitcoin block 968,191 was mined by AntPool on September 22, 2026 at 9:38 PM UTC, 9 min 13 s after block 968,190. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,699 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0249 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1499 BTC for this block.
Block 968,191 is number 512 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,504 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,809 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 233 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,804 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.