About block 939,946
Bitcoin block 939,946 was mined by MARA Pool on March 9, 2026 at 6:31 AM UTC, 13 min 53 s after block 939,945. 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 4,068 transactions in 1.70 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0167 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1417 BTC for this block.
Block 939,946 is number 491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,054 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 36,070 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.