About block 968,221
Bitcoin block 968,221 was mined by SpiderPool on September 23, 2026 at 3:43 AM UTC, 7 min 38 s after block 968,220. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,005 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, down from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0138 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1388 BTC for this block.
Block 968,221 is number 542 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,474 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,779 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 55 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,764 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.