About block 968,450
Bitcoin block 968,450 was mined by F2Pool on September 24, 2026 at 8:58 PM UTC, 28 min 26 s after block 968,449. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,161 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0707 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1957 BTC for this block.
Block 968,450 is number 771 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,245 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,550 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. F2Pool found 181 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,444 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.