About block 968,904
Bitcoin block 968,904 was mined by F2Pool on September 27, 2026 at 11:58 PM UTC, 13 min 34 s after block 968,903. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,385 transactions in 1.63 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 0.0176 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1426 BTC for this block.
Block 968,904 is number 1,225 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 791 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,096 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. F2Pool found 164 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,786 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.