About block 965,043
Bitcoin block 965,043 was mined by MARA Pool on September 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM UTC, 2 min 21 s after block 965,042. That is faster than the 10-minute average the network aims for: blocks come in bursts because finding one is pure chance.
It confirmed 3,621 transactions in 1.69 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 1.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0159 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1409 BTC for this block.
Block 965,043 is number 1,396 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 478; 620 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 965,663. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 84,957 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 21 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 49 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 8,535 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.