About block 968,236
Bitcoin block 968,236 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 7:07 AM UTC, 6 min 2 s after block 968,235. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,565 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0114 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1364 BTC for this block.
Block 968,236 is number 557 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,459 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,764 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,734 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.