About block 968,248
Bitcoin block 968,248 was mined by SECPOOL on September 23, 2026 at 9:12 AM UTC, 10 min 16 s after block 968,247. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,559 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 968,248 is number 569 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,447 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,752 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. SECPOOL found 38 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,716 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.