About block 968,899
Bitcoin block 968,899 was mined by BTC.com on September 27, 2026 at 10:21 PM UTC, 26 min 14 s after block 968,898. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,369 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0267 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, BTC.com earned 3.1517 BTC for this block.
Block 968,899 is number 1,220 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 796 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,101 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 19 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. BTC.com found 6 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,797 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.