About block 968,624
Bitcoin block 968,624 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 2:34 AM UTC, 2 min 9 s after block 968,623. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,897 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0068 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1318 BTC for this block.
Block 968,624 is number 945 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,071 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,376 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. F2Pool found 172 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,186 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.