About block 968,666
Bitcoin block 968,666 was mined by OCEAN on September 26, 2026 at 9:35 AM UTC, 10 min 3 s after block 968,665. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,093 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.5% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0226 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1476 BTC for this block.
Block 968,666 is number 987 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,029 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,334 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. OCEAN found 32 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,125 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.