About block 968,885
Bitcoin block 968,885 was mined by SpiderPool on September 27, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTC, 11 min 5 s after block 968,884. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 5,099 transactions in 1.56 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 968,885 is number 1,206 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 810 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,115 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 46 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 2,815 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.