About block 968,828
Bitcoin block 968,828 was mined by ViaBTC on September 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM UTC, 18 min 41 s after block 968,827. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,355 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 968,828 is number 1,149 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 867 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,172 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. ViaBTC found 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,896 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.