About block 968,415
Bitcoin block 968,415 was mined by SECPOOL on September 24, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC, 19 min 1 s after block 968,414. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,974 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0535 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1785 BTC for this block.
Block 968,415 is number 736 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,280 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,585 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. SECPOOL found 41 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,492 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.