About block 968,287
Bitcoin block 968,287 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM UTC, 11 min 3 s after block 968,286. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,892 transactions in 1.64 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0328 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1578 BTC for this block.
Block 968,287 is number 608 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,408 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,713 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. F2Pool found 173 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,666 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.