About block 968,281
Bitcoin block 968,281 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 2:03 PM UTC, 10 min 13 s after block 968,280. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,795 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0233 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1483 BTC for this block.
Block 968,281 is number 602 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,414 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,719 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 3,674 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.