About block 968,142
Bitcoin block 968,142 was mined by SpiderPool on September 22, 2026 at 12:36 PM UTC, 26 min 45 s after block 968,141. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,697 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0304 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1554 BTC for this block.
Block 968,142 is number 463 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,553 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,858 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 3,882 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.