About block 968,595
Bitcoin block 968,595 was mined by ViaBTC on September 25, 2026 at 11:23 PM UTC, 11 min 18 s after block 968,594. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,781 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0436 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1686 BTC for this block.
Block 968,595 is number 916 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,100 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,405 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,224 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.