About block 939,878
Bitcoin block 939,878 was mined by MARA Pool on March 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM UTC, 24 min 1 s after block 939,877. 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 3,521 transactions in 1.53 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0273 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1523 BTC for this block.
Block 939,878 is number 423 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,593 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,122 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. MARA Pool found 59 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 36,136 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.