About block 968,378
Bitcoin block 968,378 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 9:35 AM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 968,377. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,096 transactions in 1.77 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 0.0212 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1462 BTC for this block.
Block 968,378 is number 699 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,317 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,622 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. AntPool found 224 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,542 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.