About block 968,706
Bitcoin block 968,706 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM UTC, 4 min 15 s after block 968,705. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,670 transactions in 1.58 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 0.0096 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1346 BTC for this block.
Block 968,706 is number 1,027 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 989 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,294 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 169 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,072 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.