About block 968,856
Bitcoin block 968,856 was mined by F2Pool on September 27, 2026 at 3:45 PM UTC, 5 min 1 s after block 968,855. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,025 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0103 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1353 BTC for this block.
Block 968,856 is number 1,177 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 839 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,144 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,854 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.