About block 968,231
Bitcoin block 968,231 was mined by SECPOOL on September 23, 2026 at 6:23 AM UTC, 23 min 5 s after block 968,230. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,002 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 968,231 is number 552 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,464 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,769 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. SECPOOL found 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,748 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.