About block 967,972
Bitcoin block 967,972 was mined by MARA Pool on September 21, 2026 at 9:47 AM UTC, 14 min 22 s after block 967,971. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,844 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 1.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0378 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1628 BTC for this block.
Block 967,972 is number 293 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,723 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 82,028 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 53 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 4,141 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.