About block 968,924
Bitcoin block 968,924 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 3:01 AM UTC, 12 min 30 s after block 968,923. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,066 transactions in 1.40 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0248 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1498 BTC for this block.
Block 968,924 is number 1,245 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 771 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,076 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. ViaBTC found 103 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,764 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.