About block 968,986
Bitcoin block 968,986 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM UTC, 9 min 12 s after block 968,985. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,067 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0321 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1571 BTC for this block.
Block 968,986 is number 1,307 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 709 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,014 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. ViaBTC found 106 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,679 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.