About block 968,458
Bitcoin block 968,458 was mined by ViaBTC on September 24, 2026 at 9:44 PM UTC, 12 min 0 s after block 968,457. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,480 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0442 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1692 BTC for this block.
Block 968,458 is number 779 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,237 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,542 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. ViaBTC found 100 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,436 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.