About block 968,894
Bitcoin block 968,894 was mined by AntPool on September 27, 2026 at 9:11 PM UTC, 8 min 9 s after block 968,893. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,801 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0151 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1401 BTC for this block.
Block 968,894 is number 1,215 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 801 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,106 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 219 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,802 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.