About block 968,223
Bitcoin block 968,223 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 4:41 AM UTC, 52 min 59 s after block 968,222. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,534 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0426 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1676 BTC for this block.
Block 968,223 is number 544 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,472 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,777 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. F2Pool found 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,761 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.