About block 968,283
Bitcoin block 968,283 was mined by AntPool on September 23, 2026 at 2:35 PM UTC, 13 min 8 s after block 968,282. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,834 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 968,283 is number 604 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,412 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,717 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 230 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,670 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.