About block 968,916
Bitcoin block 968,916 was mined by SECPOOL on September 28, 2026 at 1:42 AM UTC, 10 min 5 s after block 968,915. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,257 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% 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 0.0126 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1376 BTC for this block.
Block 968,916 is number 1,237 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 779 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,084 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. SECPOOL found 36 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,772 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.