About block 968,393
Bitcoin block 968,393 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 12:06 PM UTC, 13 min 51 s after block 968,392. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,877 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0360 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1610 BTC for this block.
Block 968,393 is number 714 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,302 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,607 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 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,519 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.