About block 968,371
Bitcoin block 968,371 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 8:35 AM UTC, 28 min 34 s after block 968,370. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,391 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0466 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1716 BTC for this block.
Block 968,371 is number 692 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,324 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,629 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,549 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.