About block 968,474
Bitcoin block 968,474 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC, 13 min 45 s after block 968,473. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,912 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0262 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1512 BTC for this block.
Block 968,474 is number 795 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,221 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,526 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,407 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.