About block 968,226
Bitcoin block 968,226 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 5:04 AM UTC, 12 min 39 s after block 968,225. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,946 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0155 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1405 BTC for this block.
Block 968,226 is number 547 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,469 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,774 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 3,753 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.