About block 968,430
Bitcoin block 968,430 was mined by SECPOOL on September 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM UTC, 13 min 36 s after block 968,429. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,429 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0500 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1750 BTC for this block.
Block 968,430 is number 751 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,265 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,570 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 40 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,472 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.