About block 968,958
Bitcoin block 968,958 was mined by F2Pool on September 28, 2026 at 6:51 AM UTC, 22 min 45 s after block 968,957. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,246 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0317 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, F2Pool earned 3.1567 BTC for this block.
Block 968,958 is number 1,279 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 737 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,042 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 163 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,721 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.