About block 968,388
Bitcoin block 968,388 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 11:05 AM UTC, 33 min 44 s after block 968,387. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,015 transactions in 1.71 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0748 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1998 BTC for this block.
Block 968,388 is number 709 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,307 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,612 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 3,529 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.