About block 968,396
Bitcoin block 968,396 was mined by F2Pool on September 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM UTC, 53 min 0 s after block 968,395. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,049 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0797 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.2047 BTC for this block.
Block 968,396 is number 717 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,299 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,604 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. F2Pool found 178 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,516 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.