About block 968,889
Bitcoin block 968,889 was mined by F2Pool on September 27, 2026 at 8:45 PM UTC, 11 min 29 s after block 968,888. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,871 transactions in 1.50 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0179 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1429 BTC for this block.
Block 968,889 is number 1,210 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 806 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,111 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,811 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.