About block 968,241
Bitcoin block 968,241 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 8:15 AM UTC, 18 min 50 s after block 968,240. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,042 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0305 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1555 BTC for this block.
Block 968,241 is number 562 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,454 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,759 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 231 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,730 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.