About block 968,144
Bitcoin block 968,144 was mined by SpiderPool on September 22, 2026 at 1:07 PM UTC, 3 min 17 s after block 968,143. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,320 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0208 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1458 BTC for this block.
Block 968,144 is number 465 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,551 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,856 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 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 3,880 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.