About block 968,676
Bitcoin block 968,676 was mined by SpiderPool on September 26, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC, 24 min 2 s after block 968,675. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,339 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0307 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1557 BTC for this block.
Block 968,676 is number 997 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,019 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,324 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 3,108 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.