About block 968,681
Bitcoin block 968,681 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM UTC, 23 min 20 s after block 968,680. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,658 transactions in 1.46 MB (99.8% 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 0.0325 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1575 BTC for this block.
Block 968,681 is number 1,002 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,014 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,319 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. AntPool found 228 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,103 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.