About block 968,233
Bitcoin block 968,233 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 6:47 AM UTC, 16 min 28 s after block 968,232. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,107 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 968,233 is number 554 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,462 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,767 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 3,746 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.