About block 968,324
Bitcoin block 968,324 was mined by SpiderPool on September 23, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC, 32 min 10 s after block 968,323. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,221 transactions in 1.61 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 0.0476 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1726 BTC for this block.
Block 968,324 is number 645 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,371 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,676 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 52 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,615 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.