About block 968,449
Bitcoin block 968,449 was mined by Binance Pool on September 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM UTC, 22 min 35 s after block 968,448. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,104 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0586 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Binance Pool earned 3.1836 BTC for this block.
Block 968,449 is number 770 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,246 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,551 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. Binance Pool found 9 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,448 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.