About block 968,285
Bitcoin block 968,285 was mined by SpiderPool on September 23, 2026 at 3:03 PM UTC, 25 min 6 s after block 968,284. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,941 transactions in 1.67 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0526 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1776 BTC for this block.
Block 968,285 is number 606 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,410 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,715 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,668 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.