About block 968,738
Bitcoin block 968,738 was mined by NiceHash on September 26, 2026 at 8:05 PM UTC, 12 min 7 s after block 968,737. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,815 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0204 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1454 BTC for this block.
Block 968,738 is number 1,059 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 957 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,262 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. NiceHash found 2 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,028 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.