About block 968,120
Bitcoin block 968,120 was mined by SpiderPool on September 22, 2026 at 8:02 AM UTC, 14 min 35 s after block 968,119. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,668 transactions in 1.54 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0140 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1390 BTC for this block.
Block 968,120 is number 441 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,575 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,880 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. SpiderPool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,918 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.