About block 939,993
Bitcoin block 939,993 was mined by MARA Pool on March 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM UTC, 16 min 20 s after block 939,992. 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 2,894 transactions in 1.63 MB (93.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0245 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1495 BTC for this block.
Block 939,993 is number 538 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,478 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 110,007 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 36,029 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.