About block 968,374
Bitcoin block 968,374 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 8:54 AM UTC, 16 min 20 s after block 968,373. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,769 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% 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 0.0821 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2071 BTC for this block.
Block 968,374 is number 695 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,321 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,626 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. AntPool found 224 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,546 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.