About block 968,843
Bitcoin block 968,843 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2026 at 1:11 PM UTC, 14 min 48 s after block 968,842. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,014 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0210 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1460 BTC for this block.
Block 968,843 is number 1,164 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 852 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,157 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. AntPool found 223 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,873 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.