About block 968,970
Bitcoin block 968,970 was mined by SpiderPool on September 28, 2026 at 9:12 AM UTC, 25 min 55 s after block 968,969. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,613 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0563 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1813 BTC for this block.
Block 968,970 is number 1,291 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 725 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,030 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 2,699 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.