About block 968,631
Bitcoin block 968,631 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 3:23 AM UTC, 11 min 14 s after block 968,630. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,421 transactions in 1.51 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0180 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1430 BTC for this block.
Block 968,631 is number 952 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,064 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,369 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 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,173 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.