About block 968,459
Bitcoin block 968,459 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM UTC, 52 min 32 s after block 968,458. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,981 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0949 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.2199 BTC for this block.
Block 968,459 is number 780 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,236 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,541 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 3,435 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.