About block 968,663
Bitcoin block 968,663 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 8:40 AM UTC, 25 min 25 s after block 968,662. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,702 transactions in 1.74 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 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 968,663 is number 984 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,032 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,337 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 3,131 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.