About block 968,599
Bitcoin block 968,599 was mined by F2Pool on September 25, 2026 at 11:43 PM UTC, 10 min 19 s after block 968,598. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,515 transactions in 1.96 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0152 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1402 BTC for this block.
Block 968,599 is number 920 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,096 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,401 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. F2Pool found 170 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,219 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.