About block 968,549
Bitcoin block 968,549 was mined by AntPool on September 25, 2026 at 1:06 PM UTC, 5 min 15 s after block 968,548. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,164 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0294 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1544 BTC for this block.
Block 968,549 is number 870 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,146 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,451 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. AntPool found 229 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,286 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.