About block 966,097
Bitcoin block 966,097 was mined by MARA Pool on September 8, 2026 at 5:14 PM UTC, 42 min 51 s after block 966,096. 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 3,600 transactions in 1.52 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 6.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0791 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.2041 BTC for this block.
Block 966,097 is number 434 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 479; 1,582 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 967,679. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 83,903 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 6,956 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.