About block 968,540
Bitcoin block 968,540 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 10:49 AM UTC, 31 min 17 s after block 968,539. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,186 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0699 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1949 BTC for this block.
Block 968,540 is number 861 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,155 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,460 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,300 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.