About block 968,989
Bitcoin block 968,989 was mined by ViaBTC on September 28, 2026 at 12:17 PM UTC, 12 min 50 s after block 968,988. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,819 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0366 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, ViaBTC earned 3.1616 BTC for this block.
Block 968,989 is number 1,310 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 706 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,011 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 2,671 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.