About block 968,319
Bitcoin block 968,319 was mined by ViaBTC on September 23, 2026 at 9:04 PM UTC, 19 min 26 s after block 968,318. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,964 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% 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 0.0398 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1648 BTC for this block.
Block 968,319 is number 640 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,376 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,681 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. ViaBTC found 101 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,620 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.