About block 968,984
Bitcoin block 968,984 was mined by NiceHash on September 28, 2026 at 11:24 AM UTC, 14 min 39 s after block 968,983. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 2,961 transactions in 1.39 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0336 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, NiceHash earned 3.1586 BTC for this block.
Block 968,984 is number 1,305 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 711 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,016 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. NiceHash found 3 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,684 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.