About block 968,737
Bitcoin block 968,737 was mined by F2Pool on September 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM UTC, 12 min 49 s after block 968,736. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,826 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0231 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1481 BTC for this block.
Block 968,737 is number 1,058 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 958 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,263 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 166 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.