About block 968,336
Bitcoin block 968,336 was mined by SECPOOL on September 24, 2026 at 1:24 AM UTC, 27 min 26 s after block 968,335. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,005 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0427 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1677 BTC for this block.
Block 968,336 is number 657 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,359 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,664 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,596 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.