About block 968,203
Bitcoin block 968,203 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 12:29 AM UTC, 17 min 51 s after block 968,202. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,881 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 968,203 is number 524 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,492 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,797 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 3,790 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.