About block 968,395
Bitcoin block 968,395 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 12:50 PM UTC, 6 min 18 s after block 968,394. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,730 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0384 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1634 BTC for this block.
Block 968,395 is number 716 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,300 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,605 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 3,517 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.