About block 968,325
Bitcoin block 968,325 was mined by ViaBTC on September 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM UTC, 39 min 45 s after block 968,324. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,139 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0598 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1848 BTC for this block.
Block 968,325 is number 646 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,370 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,675 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 3,614 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.