About block 968,976
Bitcoin block 968,976 was mined by OCEAN on September 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM UTC, 33 min 38 s after block 968,975. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,000 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.6% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0460 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, OCEAN earned 3.1710 BTC for this block.
Block 968,976 is number 1,297 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 719 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,024 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. OCEAN found 29 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,692 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.