About block 968,616
Bitcoin block 968,616 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 1:34 AM UTC, 13 min 39 s after block 968,615. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,620 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 968,616 is number 937 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,079 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,384 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,196 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.