About block 968,977
Bitcoin block 968,977 was mined by SpiderPool on September 28, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC, 11 min 35 s after block 968,976. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,662 transactions in 1.74 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, down from 4.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0256 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1506 BTC for this block.
Block 968,977 is number 1,298 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 718 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,023 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 2,691 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.