About block 968,394
Bitcoin block 968,394 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 12:43 PM UTC, 37 min 24 s after block 968,393. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,483 transactions in 1.57 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 0.0762 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.2012 BTC for this block.
Block 968,394 is number 715 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,301 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,606 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 225 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,518 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.