About block 968,742
Bitcoin block 968,742 was mined by AntPool on September 26, 2026 at 8:49 PM UTC, 29 min 19 s after block 968,741. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,052 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0344 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1594 BTC for this block.
Block 968,742 is number 1,063 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 953 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,258 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 3,024 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.