About block 968,999
Bitcoin block 968,999 was mined by AntPool on September 28, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC, 11 min 53 s after block 968,998. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,508 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, AntPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 968,999 is number 1,320 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 696 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,001 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 2,658 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.