About block 968,524
Bitcoin block 968,524 was mined by F2Pool on September 25, 2026 at 8:02 AM UTC, 19 min 1 s after block 968,523. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,863 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0370 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1620 BTC for this block.
Block 968,524 is number 845 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,171 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,476 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. F2Pool found 176 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,327 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.