About block 968,250
Bitcoin block 968,250 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 9:27 AM UTC, 14 min 0 s after block 968,249. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,764 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0246 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1496 BTC for this block.
Block 968,250 is number 571 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,445 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,750 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,714 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.