About block 968,514
Bitcoin block 968,514 was mined by F2Pool on September 25, 2026 at 6:15 AM UTC, 14 min 36 s after block 968,513. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,057 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0192 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1442 BTC for this block.
Block 968,514 is number 835 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,181 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,486 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 177 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,346 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.