About block 968,553
Bitcoin block 968,553 was mined by Unknown on September 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM UTC, 11 min 10 s after block 968,552. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,601 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.8% 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 0.0364 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1614 BTC for this block.
Block 968,553 is number 874 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,142 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,447 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. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,282 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.