About block 968,437
Bitcoin block 968,437 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 6:39 PM UTC, 1 min 3 s after block 968,436. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,845 transactions in 1.68 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0120 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1370 BTC for this block.
Block 968,437 is number 758 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,258 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,563 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 3,462 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.