About block 968,591
Bitcoin block 968,591 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 10:22 PM UTC, 20 min 1 s after block 968,590. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,692 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 5.00 sat/vB, down from 6.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0625 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1875 BTC for this block.
Block 968,591 is number 912 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,104 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,409 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 3,235 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.