About block 968,802
Bitcoin block 968,802 was mined by Unknown on September 27, 2026 at 7:49 AM UTC, 10 min 6 s after block 968,801. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,821 transactions in 1.71 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 0.0153 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, Unknown earned 3.1403 BTC for this block.
Block 968,802 is number 1,123 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 893 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,198 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. Unknown found 8 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,933 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.