About block 968,286
Bitcoin block 968,286 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 3:17 PM UTC, 13 min 53 s after block 968,285. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,285 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 968,286 is number 607 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,409 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,714 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 22 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,667 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.