About block 968,854
Bitcoin block 968,854 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2026 at 3:29 PM UTC, 9 min 31 s after block 968,853. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,235 transactions in 1.79 MB (99.9% 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 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 968,854 is number 1,175 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 841 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,146 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 2,860 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.