About block 940,042
Bitcoin block 940,042 was mined by MARA Pool on March 9, 2026 at 11:21 PM UTC, 6 min 17 s after block 940,041. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,926 transactions in 1.59 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0323 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1573 BTC for this block.
Block 940,042 is number 587 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,429 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,958 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 35,985 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.