About block 968,038
Bitcoin block 968,038 was mined by MARA Pool on September 21, 2026 at 8:03 PM UTC, 13 min 59 s after block 968,037. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 3,664 transactions in 1.62 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 3.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0368 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1618 BTC for this block.
Block 968,038 is number 359 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,657 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,962 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 4,053 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.