About block 968,551
Bitcoin block 968,551 was mined by WhitePool on September 25, 2026 at 1:28 PM UTC, 16 min 51 s after block 968,550. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,047 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0500 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, WhitePool earned 3.1750 BTC for this block.
Block 968,551 is number 872 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,144 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,449 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. WhitePool found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,284 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.