About block 968,335
Bitcoin block 968,335 was mined by Binance Pool on September 24, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC, 13 min 55 s after block 968,334. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,936 transactions in 1.40 MB (83.7% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0239 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1489 BTC for this block.
Block 968,335 is number 656 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,360 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,665 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. Binance Pool found 10 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,597 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.