About block 968,294
Bitcoin block 968,294 was mined by SpiderPool on September 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM UTC, 6 min 41 s after block 968,293. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 4,371 transactions in 1.61 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0237 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1487 BTC for this block.
Block 968,294 is number 615 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,401 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,706 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,659 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.