About block 940,003
Bitcoin block 940,003 was mined by MARA Pool on March 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM UTC, 38 min 22 s after block 940,002. 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 4,011 transactions in 1.57 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0521 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1771 BTC for this block.
Block 940,003 is number 548 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,468 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,997 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 36,019 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.