About block 940,053
Bitcoin block 940,053 was mined by MARA Pool on March 10, 2026 at 2:19 AM UTC, 2 min 5 s after block 940,052. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,180 transactions in 1.95 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, down from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0127 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1377 BTC for this block.
Block 940,053 is number 598 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,418 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,947 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 35,976 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.