About block 968,842
Bitcoin block 968,842 was mined by SECPOOL on September 27, 2026 at 12:56 PM UTC, 25 min 33 s after block 968,841. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,340 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% 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 0.0257 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1507 BTC for this block.
Block 968,842 is number 1,163 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 853 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,158 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,874 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.