About block 940,046
Bitcoin block 940,046 was mined by MARA Pool on March 10, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC, 19 min 58 s after block 940,045. 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 2,795 transactions in 1.55 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0293 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1543 BTC for this block.
Block 940,046 is number 591 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,425 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,954 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 35,981 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.