About block 968,660
Bitcoin block 968,660 was mined by ViaBTC on September 26, 2026 at 7:47 AM UTC, 13 min 33 s after block 968,659. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,094 transactions in 1.42 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0197 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1447 BTC for this block.
Block 968,660 is number 981 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,035 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,340 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. ViaBTC found 98 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,134 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.