About block 968,497
Bitcoin block 968,497 was mined by ViaBTC on September 25, 2026 at 4:27 AM UTC, 11 min 4 s after block 968,496. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 6,402 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0168 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1418 BTC for this block.
Block 968,497 is number 818 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,198 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,503 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,372 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.