About block 968,302
Bitcoin block 968,302 was mined by F2Pool on September 23, 2026 at 5:56 PM UTC, 2 min 50 s after block 968,301. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,872 transactions in 1.72 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0099 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1349 BTC for this block.
Block 968,302 is number 623 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,393 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,698 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 175 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,649 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.