About block 968,598
Bitcoin block 968,598 was mined by SpiderPool on September 25, 2026 at 11:32 PM UTC, 2 min 18 s after block 968,597. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,619 transactions in 1.81 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0184 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1434 BTC for this block.
Block 968,598 is number 919 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,097 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,402 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 45 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,220 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.