About block 968,457
Bitcoin block 968,457 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 9:32 PM UTC, 5 min 11 s after block 968,456. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 5,067 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0193 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1443 BTC for this block.
Block 968,457 is number 778 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,238 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,543 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 50 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,437 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.