About block 968,633
Bitcoin block 968,633 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 3:55 AM UTC, 27 min 21 s after block 968,632. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,434 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0306 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1556 BTC for this block.
Block 968,633 is number 954 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,062 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,367 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. AntPool found 227 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,171 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.