About block 968,198
Bitcoin block 968,198 was mined by ViaBTC on September 22, 2026 at 11:06 PM UTC, 23 min 39 s after block 968,197. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,097 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0391 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1641 BTC for this block.
Block 968,198 is number 519 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,497 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,802 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. ViaBTC found 102 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,797 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.