About block 968,983
Bitcoin block 968,983 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2026 at 11:09 AM UTC, 31 min 41 s after block 968,982. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,685 transactions in 1.49 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0425 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1675 BTC for this block.
Block 968,983 is number 1,304 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 712 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,017 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. AntPool found 216 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,685 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.