About block 968,172
Bitcoin block 968,172 was mined by MARA Pool on September 22, 2026 at 6:45 PM UTC, 10 min 33 s after block 968,171. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,112 transactions in 1.66 MB (99.9% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, down from 5.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0524 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, MARA Pool earned 3.1774 BTC for this block.
Block 968,172 is number 493 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,523 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,828 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 3,837 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.