About block 968,921
Bitcoin block 968,921 was mined by SECPOOL on September 28, 2026 at 2:24 AM UTC, 26 min 11 s after block 968,920. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,726 transactions in 1.58 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0338 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SECPOOL earned 3.1588 BTC for this block.
Block 968,921 is number 1,242 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 774 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,079 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 2,767 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.