About block 968,516
Bitcoin block 968,516 was mined by SECPOOL on September 25, 2026 at 6:36 AM UTC, 11 min 19 s after block 968,515. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,458 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0357 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1607 BTC for this block.
Block 968,516 is number 837 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,179 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,484 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. SECPOOL found 39 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,344 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.