About block 968,578
Bitcoin block 968,578 was mined by BTC.com on September 25, 2026 at 7:06 PM UTC, 11 min 57 s after block 968,577. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,122 transactions in 1.60 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 0.0367 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1617 BTC for this block.
Block 968,578 is number 899 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,117 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,422 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. BTC.com found 7 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,250 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.