About block 968,680
Bitcoin block 968,680 was mined by ViaBTC on September 26, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC, 25 min 9 s after block 968,679. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,681 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0333 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1583 BTC for this block.
Block 968,680 is number 1,001 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,015 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,320 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. ViaBTC found 97 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,104 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.