About block 939,856
Bitcoin block 939,856 was mined by MARA Pool on March 8, 2026 at 1:18 PM UTC, 18 min 55 s after block 939,855. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent draw with the same tiny chance.
It confirmed 3,773 transactions in 1.65 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.1037 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2287 BTC for this block.
Block 939,856 is number 401 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,615 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,144 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,156 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.