About block 968,528
Bitcoin block 968,528 was mined by NiceHash on September 25, 2026 at 8:47 AM UTC, 20 min 36 s after block 968,527. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,954 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0337 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1587 BTC for this block.
Block 968,528 is number 849 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,167 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,472 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. NiceHash found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,323 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.