About block 968,407
Bitcoin block 968,407 was mined by F2Pool on September 24, 2026 at 2:52 PM UTC, 8 min 1 s after block 968,406. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,360 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0299 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1549 BTC for this block.
Block 968,407 is number 728 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,288 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,593 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 3,502 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.