About block 968,217
Bitcoin block 968,217 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 2:40 AM UTC, 3 min 38 s after block 968,216. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,542 transactions in 1.77 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0097 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1347 BTC for this block.
Block 968,217 is number 538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,783 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. AntPool found 234 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,768 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.