About block 968,611
Bitcoin block 968,611 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 1:07 AM UTC, 24 min 31 s after block 968,610. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,950 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0431 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1681 BTC for this block.
Block 968,611 is number 932 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,084 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,389 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,202 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.