About block 968,418
Bitcoin block 968,418 was mined by AntPool on September 24, 2026 at 3:59 PM UTC, 2 min 7 s after block 968,417. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,248 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0143 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1393 BTC for this block.
Block 968,418 is number 739 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,277 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,582 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 3,489 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.