About block 968,307
Bitcoin block 968,307 was mined by OCEAN on September 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM UTC, 11 min 24 s after block 968,306. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,597 transactions in 1.20 MB (74.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0327 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1577 BTC for this block.
Block 968,307 is number 628 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,388 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,693 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. OCEAN found 30 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,637 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.