About block 968,766
Bitcoin block 968,766 was mined by SpiderPool on September 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM UTC, 36 min 34 s after block 968,765. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,401 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0324 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1574 BTC for this block.
Block 968,766 is number 1,087 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 929 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,234 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 44 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,991 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.