About block 968,905
Bitcoin block 968,905 was mined by SpiderPool on September 28, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC, 8 min 3 s after block 968,904. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,725 transactions in 1.93 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 0.0265 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1515 BTC for this block.
Block 968,905 is number 1,226 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 790 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,095 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 2,785 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.