About block 968,943
Bitcoin block 968,943 was mined by F2Pool on September 28, 2026 at 4:52 AM UTC, 6 min 23 s after block 968,942. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,770 transactions in 1.48 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0111 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1361 BTC for this block.
Block 968,943 is number 1,264 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 752 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,057 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 162 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,740 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.