About block 968,195
Bitcoin block 968,195 was mined by F2Pool on September 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 968,194. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,359 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0213 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1463 BTC for this block.
Block 968,195 is number 516 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,500 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,805 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. F2Pool found 165 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,801 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.