About block 968,530
Bitcoin block 968,530 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 9:11 AM UTC, 17 min 50 s after block 968,529. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,451 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0381 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1631 BTC for this block.
Block 968,530 is number 851 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,165 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,470 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 47 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,321 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.