About block 968,230
Bitcoin block 968,230 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 6:00 AM UTC, 10 min 33 s after block 968,229. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,516 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 968,230 is number 551 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,465 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,770 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 3,749 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.