About block 968,656
Bitcoin block 968,656 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 7:22 AM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 968,655. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,874 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0156 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1406 BTC for this block.
Block 968,656 is number 977 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,039 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,344 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. AntPool found 227 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,138 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.