About block 968,375
Bitcoin block 968,375 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 9:05 AM UTC, 10 min 59 s after block 968,374. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,654 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.8% 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 0.0234 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1484 BTC for this block.
Block 968,375 is number 696 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,320 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,625 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 3,545 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.