About block 968,501
Bitcoin block 968,501 was mined by AntPool on September 25, 2026 at 4:49 AM UTC, 11 min 7 s after block 968,500. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,160 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0183 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1433 BTC for this block.
Block 968,501 is number 822 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,194 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,499 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. AntPool found 227 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,368 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.