About block 968,538
Bitcoin block 968,538 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 10:04 AM UTC, 6 min 43 s after block 968,537. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 6,099 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 0.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0088 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1338 BTC for this block.
Block 968,538 is number 859 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,157 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,462 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,303 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.