About block 968,649
Bitcoin block 968,649 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM UTC, 23 min 42 s after block 968,648. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,446 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0270 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1520 BTC for this block.
Block 968,649 is number 970 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,046 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,351 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. F2Pool found 171 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,149 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.