About block 968,421
Bitcoin block 968,421 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 4:21 PM UTC, 9 min 51 s after block 968,420. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,423 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0399 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1649 BTC for this block.
Block 968,421 is number 742 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,274 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,579 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 3,486 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.