About block 968,186
Bitcoin block 968,186 was mined by SpiderPool on September 22, 2026 at 9:17 PM UTC, 8 min 49 s after block 968,185. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,087 transactions in 1.54 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 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 968,186 is number 507 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,509 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,814 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.