About block 968,170
Bitcoin block 968,170 was mined by MARA Pool on September 22, 2026 at 5:54 PM UTC, 17 min 38 s after block 968,169. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,006 transactions in 1.63 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 3.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0414 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1664 BTC for this block.
Block 968,170 is number 491 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,525 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,830 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 3,839 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.