About block 968,298
Bitcoin block 968,298 was mined by ViaBTC on September 23, 2026 at 5:30 PM UTC, 15 min 44 s after block 968,297. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,397 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 968,298 is number 619 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,397 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,702 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. ViaBTC found 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,653 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.