About block 940,097
Bitcoin block 940,097 was mined by MARA Pool on March 10, 2026 at 9:23 AM UTC, 15 min 1 s after block 940,096. 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 2,997 transactions in 1.73 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 2.00 sat/vB, and all fees added up to 0.0266 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1516 BTC for this block.
Block 940,097 is number 642 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 466; 1,374 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 941,471. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 109,903 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 35,934 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.