About block 968,782
Bitcoin block 968,782 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2026 at 5:01 AM UTC, 37 min 45 s after block 968,781. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,146 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0351 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1601 BTC for this block.
Block 968,782 is number 1,103 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 913 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,218 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 229 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,969 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.