About block 968,552
Bitcoin block 968,552 was mined by OCEAN on September 25, 2026 at 1:41 PM UTC, 12 min 37 s after block 968,551. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,098 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0457 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1707 BTC for this block.
Block 968,552 is number 873 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,143 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,448 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. OCEAN found 28 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,283 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.