About block 968,668
Bitcoin block 968,668 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 9:50 AM UTC, 3 min 16 s after block 968,667. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 2,379 transactions in 1.94 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0144 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1394 BTC for this block.
Block 968,668 is number 989 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,027 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,332 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 168 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,122 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.